A Long-Term Survivor of Disseminated Aspergillus and Mucorales Infection: An Instructive Case

Abstract Invasive fungal infections remain major causes of infection-related mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients. Mixed infections and multiple organ involvement have been reported in these patients. Here, we report a case of mixed Aspergillus and Mucorales infection involving the lungs, brain, spleen and bone in a HSCT patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia, who finally improved with triple antifungal therapy and neurosurgical evacuation of brain abscesses. She was put on lifelong secondary prophylaxis with posaconazole with excellent compliance and no sign of toxicity despite over 10 years of drug administration. Serial galactomannan measurements and positron emission tomography/computed tomography were used and were helpful for disease activity monitoring. This is an instructive case of long-term survival after a severe combined mould infection..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:178

Enthalten in:

Mycopathologia - 178(2014), 5-6 vom: 03. Aug., Seite 465-470

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Davoudi, Setareh [VerfasserIn]
Anderlini, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Fuller, Gregory N. [VerfasserIn]
Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AML
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant
PET/CT
Posaconazole
Secondary prophylaxis
Toxicity

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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

doi:

10.1007/s11046-014-9785-x

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OLC2081548720