Successful outcome of mucormycosis in two children on induction therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Zygomycetes are one of the less common causes of invasive fungal infections in patients with the hematological malignancies. We report two cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the pediatric age group, complicated by disseminated cutaneous mucormycosis during induction chemotherapy. In one of our...

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Main Authors: Anshul Gupta, Sandeep Jain, Charu Agrawal, Gauri Kapoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2013;volume=34;issue=4;spage=313;epage=316;aulast=Gupta
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