An intricate pulmonary infection in a patient with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

oleh: Calogero Vetro, Laura Trovato, Valeria Calafiore, Alessandra Romano, Rosario Cunsolo, Giorgio Giulietti, Salvatore Oliveri, Francesco Di Raimondo

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Mattioli1885 2014-08-01

Deskripsi

Non-albicans Candida (NAC) is rarely isolated from specimens. Here, we report a case of pulmonary infiltrates strongly suspected for Candida guilliermondii infection in a patient affected by T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL) resistant to chemotherapy.