Incidence and significance of opportunistic fungi in leukemia patients in India |
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Authors: | C Rajendran T K Basu A Baby S Kumari T Verghese |
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Institution: | (1) National Institute of Communicable Diseases, 22-Sham Nath Marg, 110054 Delhi;(2) Department of Haematology, Safdarjung Hospital, 110029 New Delhi, India |
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Abstract: | Twenty-four patients with acute leukemia were investigated for the incidence of opportunistic fungi. Culture isolations of the sputum and urine samples revealed significant levels of Candida in 14 patients; Candida albicans, C. tropicalis and C. pseudotropicalis were the predominant ones isolated. Aspergillus flavus was isolated from blood in two cases and C. albicans and a black yeast from the blood of another two. Serological studies showed fungal antibodies in seven patients; precipitins against Candida were detected in five and Aspergillus in two. Both of the Aspergillus positive cases and two patients who had rising antibodies against Candida died during the course of investigation. In this study 13 of 24 patients developed oral candidiasis. |
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Keywords: | Aspergillus Candida incidence leukemia blood urine sputum |
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