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Systemic infection withTrichosporon capitatum in two patients with acute leukaemia

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Trichosporon capitatum was isolated from the blood of two patients with acute leukaemia who were undergoing induction chemotherapy. Both patients died of their infections, and the fungus was cultured from their tissues after death. Systemic infection was proved by demonstrating the same pattern of fluorescein-labelled lectin staining of fungal elements in the tissues as was shown by the fungal isolates.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, Royal Infirmary, G4 OSF, Glasgow, UK

    D. R. Baird

  2. Department of Histopathology, University Hospital of South Manchester, Withington Hospital, M20 8LR, Manchester, UK

    M. Harris

  3. Department of Histopathology, Birch Hill Hospital, OL12 9QB, Rochdale, UK

    R. Menon

  4. Department of Pathology, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PT, Manchester, UK

    R. W. Stoddart

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Baird, D.R., Harris, M., Menon, R. et al. Systemic infection withTrichosporon capitatum in two patients with acute leukaemia. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 4, 62–64 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02148664

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