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Successful Combination Therapy of Liposomal Amphotericin B and Caspofungin for Disseminated Fusariosis in a Pediatric Patient With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Source :
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 37:e251-e253
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018.
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Abstract
- Disseminated fusariosis is a fatal infection in immunocompromised hosts. However, the optimal antifungal treatment for disseminated fusariosis has not yet been established. We report a case of disseminated fusariosis after chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, presenting with multiple skin, lung and kidney lesions and cerebrospinal fluid invasion. The combination therapy of liposomal amphotericin B and caspofungin resolved disseminated fusariosis successfully.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
Fusariosis
medicine.medical_specialty
Antifungal Agents
Fever
Combination therapy
medicine.medical_treatment
030106 microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Pharmacotherapy
Drug Therapy
Caspofungin
Amphotericin B
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Chemotherapy
Lung
business.industry
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
medicine.disease
Dermatology
Infectious Diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Liposomal amphotericin
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08913668
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b4532d87f272b8dcd936a98069a34fd2
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000001941