Surgery and Treatment with High-Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B for Eradication of Craniofacial Zygomycosis in a Patient with Hodgkin's Disease Who Had Undergone Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

This case report describes craniofacial zygomycosis in a 24-year-old male with Hodgkin's disease who underwent chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, followed by a nonmyeloablative allogeneic transplant. Empirical therapy with itraconazole and amoxicillin-clavulana...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2005-04, Vol.43 (4), p.2012-2014
Hauptverfasser:	Barron, Michelle A, Lay, Margaret, Madinger, Nancy E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Amphotericin B - therapeutic use Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Case Reports Facial Pain - etiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - adverse effects Hodgkin Disease - therapy Human mycoses Humans Infectious diseases Liposomes - therapeutic use Male Medical sciences Microbiology Mucormycosis - drug therapy Mucormycosis - microbiology Mucormycosis - surgery Mycoses Phycomycoses Rhizopus - classification Rhizopus - isolation & purification Sinusitis - drug therapy Sinusitis - microbiology Sinusitis - surgery Transplantation, Homologous - adverse effects Tropical mycoses
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