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Pneumonia caused by Candida kefyr in a Pediatric patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: Case Report

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Departments of Microbiology, King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow-226003, UP, INDIA
  • 2 Departments of Pediatrics, King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow-226003, UP, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Medical Sci., Volume 1, Issue (1), Pages 18-19, February,28 (2013)

Abstract

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)is one of the commonest malignancies in children. The disease per se and immunosuppressant cytotoxic drugs administered, together make the patients of ALL very prone to secondary infections. Yeasts recovered from pulmonary tissue are mostly treated as colonisers and left unreported, though they can also be rarely responsible for pneumonia, especially in settings of haematological malignancies. Here we report a case of lung infection due to Candida kefyr in a patient with ALL.

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