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Case Reports
. 1996 Jul-Aug;81(4):352-5.

Disseminated Geotrichum capitatum infection with predominant liver involvement in a patient with non Hodgkin's lymphoma

N Amft  1 , A Miadonna, M A Viviani, A Tedeschi
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  • PMID: 8870383
Case Reports

Disseminated Geotrichum capitatum infection with predominant liver involvement in a patient with non Hodgkin's lymphoma

N Amft et al. Haematologica. 1996 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Geotrichum capitatum is an emerging opportunistic pathogen which causes invasive disease in immunocompromized patients. We describe a patient with non Hodgkin's lymphoma and disseminated infection by G. capitatum with predominant liver involvement, which was proven by repeated positive blood cultures and a liver biopsy. Staining liver biopsy demonstrated the presence of hyphal elements consistent with G. capitatum. Combined antimycotic treatment with amphotericin B and 5-flucytosine did not eradicate the mycotic infection as shown by the persistence of liver lesions.

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