Association between Chronic Disseminated Candidiasis in Adult Acute Leukemia and CommonIL4Promoter Haplotypes
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Long-term survival in patients with acute leukemia and chronic disseminated candidiasis despite minimal antileukemic therapy.
Infections may require discontinuation of antineoplastic chemotherapy, which, in turn, renders patients vulnerable to disease progression or relapse. We identified six patients with acute leukemia in whom antineoplastic treatment had to be discontinued because of chronic disseminated candidiasis (CDC). However, despite minimal antileukemic treatment, all patients remained in complete remission....
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1086/368345