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Original Article

Septic Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Candida albicans: A Fatal Complication to Bone Marrow Transplantation

Pages 113-115 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

A fatal course of Candida albicans infected embolism in a 31-year-old woman undergoing bone marrow transplantation due to leukemia is described. C. albicans was continuously cultured from the mucous membranes for 6–8 months after transplantation in spite of local treatment with amphotericin B and mycostatin and systemic treatment with itraconazole.

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