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[Splenic hyalohyphomycosis. Case report].

Alejandro A Avilés-Salas, Patricia P Cornejo-Juárez, Graciela G Velázquez-Delgado, and Silvia S Rivas-Vera

Rev Iberoam Micol 27(4):203-6 (2010) PMID 20950704

Invasive aspergillosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in severely immunocompromised patients, especially those who are neutropenic or who have undergone bone marrow or solid-organ transplant. We report a case of hyalohyphomycosis morphologically suggestive of an Aspergillus spp. in a 22-year-old patient with aplastic anaemia, treated with multiple transfusions and broad spectrum antibiotics.

DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2010.10.002
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