Disseminated tuberculosis treated with amikacin in a patient with acute myelocytic leukemia.

Episodes of fever and infection are common during the granulocytopenic phase after chemotherapy in patients with hematological malignancies (1). Fever persisting also after restitution of bone marrow function constitutes a special problem. Certain opportunistic infections, like my- cobacterial, deep seated fungal or CMV infection, ab- scesses, drug-induced or disease associated fever must then be considered (2). The increased risk of disseminated mycobacteriosis in association with neoplastic disease is well known