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Case Reports
. 1989 Mar;67(3):275-8.
doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(89)90353-8.

Recognition and management of invasive pharyngeal candidiasis in acute leukemia

A P Barrett  1
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Recognition and management of invasive pharyngeal candidiasis in acute leukemia

A P Barrett. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1989 Mar.

Abstract

Invasive fungal infection is a potentially fatal complication in severely neutropenic patients with acute leukemia. Two cases are presented to demonstrate specific clinical signs and symptoms that should alert the clinician to the possibility of aggressive invasive candidiasis of the oropharynx.

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