Port-a-cath-related Fusarium oxysporum infection in an HIV-infected patient: treatment with liposomal amphotericin B

Mycoses. 1996 Mar-Apr;39(3-4):115-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00112.x.

Abstract

The first case of Port-a-cath-related disseminated fusariosis in an HIV-infected patient is presented. Antifungal treatment with liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) in a dose of 2 mg kg-1 day-1 for 14 days was successful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Catheters, Indwelling*
  • Drug Carriers
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Fusarium*
  • HIV Infections*
  • Homosexuality, Male
  • Humans
  • Liposomes
  • Male
  • Mycoses / diagnostic imaging
  • Mycoses / drug therapy*
  • Mycoses / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Drug Carriers
  • Liposomes
  • Amphotericin B