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Invasive Fungal Infections at Presentation of Untreated Hematologic Malignancies: Rare and Elusive.


ABSTRACT: Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are a feared complication of hematologic malignancy (HM) treatment. Infrequently, the diagnosis of a new IFI contemporaneously with a new untreated HM has been sporadically described in case reports. We performed a comprehensive search of published literature and reviewed cases describing this synchronous disease phenomenon.

SUBMITTER: Spallone A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7368365 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Invasive Fungal Infections at Presentation of Untreated Hematologic Malignancies: Rare and Elusive.

Spallone Amy A   Hicklen Rachel S RS   Kontoyiannis Dimitrios P DP  

Open forum infectious diseases 20200718 7


Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are a feared complication of hematologic malignancy (HM) treatment. Infrequently, the diagnosis of a new IFI contemporaneously with a new untreated HM has been sporadically described in case reports. We performed a comprehensive search of published literature and reviewed cases describing this synchronous disease phenomenon. ...[more]

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