Invasive Aspergillosis in Patients with Acute Leukemia: Comparison Between Acute Myeloid and Acute Lymphoid Leukemia.
Mycopathologia
; 188(1-2): 1-8, 2023 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36316599
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in patients with acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) has not been well characterized.OBJECTIVES:
To identify potential peculiarities in the natural history, treatment response and outcome of IA diagnosed in patients with ALL and AML.METHODS:
This is a retrospective cohort study conducted in seven tertiary-care hospitals between 2009 and 2017 of all consecutive episodes of IA occurring in adult patients with acute leukemia. Demographic characteristics, underlying disease and recent treatment, antifungal prophylaxis, neutropenia, receipt of corticosteroids, clinical and radiological findings, mycological results, antifungal therapy, and 6-week and 12-week survival were recorded.RESULTS:
We identified 77 cases of IA in 54 patients with AML and 23 patients with ALL. The majority of patients developed IA in the context of induction chemotherapy for newly diagnosed (48.0%) or relapsed (41.6%) leukemia, with no differences between ALL and AML. Lung involvement was more frequent in AML (96.3% vs. 82.6%, p = 0.06) and rhinosinusitis was more common in ALL (43.5% vs. 24.1%, p = 0.09). Galactomannan was the microbiologic documentation of IA in 76.6%, with similar patterns of positivity in AML and ALL. The 6-week survival of IA in patients with AML and ALL was 63.0% and 56.5%, respectively (p = 0.60).CONCLUSIONS:
The epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and outcome of IA in ALL patients are similar to patients with AML.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Aspergillosis
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Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
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Invasive Fungal Infections
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Mycopathologia
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil