Pleuritis caused by Acremonium strictum in a patient with metastatic testicular teratocarcinoma
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Pleuritis caused by Acremonium strictum in a patient with metastatic testicular teratocarcinoma.
A 23-year-old boy was hospitalized for dyspnea with mild fever. Chest x-ray documented left pleural effusion. Cultures from thoracentesis grew out Acremonium strictum and intravenous liposomal amphotericin B was given at a dose of 200 mg daily. On treatment, fever subsided but dyspnea worsened. Whole-body CT scan showed multiple bilateral lung nodules, systemic lymphadenopathies and a mass over...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1413-8670
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2015.03.011