Successful treatment of disseminated nonmeningeal coccidioidomycosis with voriconazole

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 1;39(7):e74-7. doi: 10.1086/424019. Epub 2004 Sep 10.

Abstract

A 31-year-old Jamaican man with disseminated nonmeningeal coccidioidomycosis that involved the spine, ribs, pelvis, liver, and spleen did not clinically respond to a prolonged course of both amphotericin B deoxycholate and liposomal amphotericin B therapy. After institution of voriconazole monotherapy, the patient had a favorable (albeit slow) radiological and clinical response without adjunctive surgical intervention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Coccidioidomycosis / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Voriconazole