Successful treatment of catheter-related fusarial infection in immunocompromised children

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995 Aug;14(8):697-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01690877.

Abstract

Fusarium infection is increasingly reported in immunocompromised patients. The role of central venous catheters as potential portals of entry for Fusarium is possibly underestimated. Four cases of catheter-related fusarial infection in children with acute leukemia or a solid tumor are described. These patients had an excellent response to removal of the central venous catheter and treatment with amphotericin B.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fungemia / drug therapy*
  • Fungemia / etiology
  • Fusarium* / drug effects
  • Fusarium* / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / immunology
  • Neoplasms / therapy

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B