Disseminated sporotrichosis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia treated with amphotericin B and posaconazole.

Paul E Bunce, Lin Yang, Soohun Chun, Sean X Zhang, Martina A Trinkaus, Larissa M Matukas

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p.bunce@utoronto.ca

Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology 2012 Feb

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We describe a case of disseminated Sporothrix schenckii infection in a man with underlying hairy cell leukemia. The immunological defects associated with this malignancy, as well as the management of refractory sporotrichosis are reviewed.

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Paul E Bunce, Lin Yang, Soohun Chun, Sean X Zhang, Martina A Trinkaus, Larissa M Matukas. Disseminated sporotrichosis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia treated with amphotericin B and posaconazole. Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. 2012 Feb;50(2):197-201