A case of zygomycosis and invasive candidiasis involving the epiglottis and tongue in an immunocompromised patient

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(2):149-51. doi: 10.1080/00365540110077182.

Abstract

Invasive fungal infections are associated with high morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. We describe an unusual case of concomitant invasive candidiasis and zygomycosis of the tongue and epiglottis that occurred in a young patient with neutropenia during chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia and was successfully treated medically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects
  • Candida / isolation & purification
  • Candidiasis / complications*
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy
  • Candidiasis / pathology
  • Cytarabine / adverse effects
  • Epiglottis / microbiology*
  • Fungi / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Idarubicin / adverse effects
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Neutropenia / complications
  • Tongue / microbiology*
  • Tongue / pathology
  • Tongue Diseases / complications
  • Tongue Diseases / drug therapy
  • Tongue Diseases / microbiology
  • Zygomycosis / complications*
  • Zygomycosis / drug therapy
  • Zygomycosis / pathology

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cytarabine
  • Amphotericin B
  • Idarubicin