Successful outcome of disseminated Fusarium infection with skin localization treated with voriconazole and amphotericin B-lipid complex in a patient with acute leukemia

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Oct;41(10):4898-900. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4898-4900.2003.

Abstract

A disseminated Fusarium oxysporum infection with skin localization was diagnosed in a woman with a relapse of B-acute leukemia during induction chemotherapy. The infection was refractory to amphotericin B-lipid complex alone but responded successfully when voriconazole was added.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Burkitt Lymphoma / complications*
  • Dermatomycoses / drug therapy*
  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Fusarium / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Amphotericin B
  • Voriconazole