Successful non-surgical treatment of disseminated polymicrobial fungal infection in a patient with pancytopenia and graft-versus-host disease

Invasive fungal infections after bone marrow transplantation have an extremely poor prognosis. Surgical excision in combination with antifungal therapy is considered necessary for treatment, especially for central nervous system (CNS) infection. We describe successful medical management with lipid c...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infection 2000-11, Vol.41 (3), p.273-275
Hauptverfasser: ROY, V, ALI, L. I, CARTER, T. H, SELBY, G. B
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Invasive fungal infections after bone marrow transplantation have an extremely poor prognosis. Surgical excision in combination with antifungal therapy is considered necessary for treatment, especially for central nervous system (CNS) infection. We describe successful medical management with lipid complex amphotericin B (ABLC) and itraconazole, without surgical excision, of disseminated fungal infection involving the lungs and CNS in a patient with pancytopenia and graft-versus-host disease.
ISSN:0163-4453
1532-2742
DOI:10.1053/jinf.2000.0739