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Zygomycosis in the immunocompromised patient: a case report.
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Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis [Acta Biomed] 2006; Vol. 77 Suppl 2, pp. 5-9. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Zygomycosis is a highly aggressive infection observed in immunocompromised patients, such as those with haematological malignancies. The sites most frequently involved are the sinuses and the lungs. New diagnostic tools and new antifungal treatments are essential in order to diagnose early and treat efficiently infections due to moulds. We report a case of sinusitis due to Absidia corymbifera occurring during chemotherapy-induced bone marrow aplasia in a patient with acute leukaemia. The sinusitis was successfully treated with AmBisome, and surgical debridement.
- Subjects :
- Acute Disease
Aerosols
Amphotericin B administration & dosage
Amsacrine administration & dosage
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Antifungal Agents administration & dosage
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use
Combined Modality Therapy
Cytarabine administration & dosage
Daunorubicin administration & dosage
Debridement
Drug Resistance, Fungal
Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
Etoposide administration & dosage
Fluconazole therapeutic use
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Leukemia complications
Leukemia drug therapy
Liposomes
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis microbiology
Mucormycosis surgery
Sinusitis diagnostic imaging
Sinusitis microbiology
Sinusitis surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Absidia isolation & purification
Amphotericin B therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents therapeutic use
Mucormycosis drug therapy
Sinusitis drug therapy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0392-4203
- Volume :
- 77 Suppl 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16918059