Successful treatment of disseminated candidiasis resistant to amphotericin B by liposomal amphotericin B: a case report

1993 ◽  
Vol 119 (10) ◽  
pp. 569-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Gokhale ◽  
R. J. Barapatre ◽  
S. H. Advani ◽  
N. A. Kshirsagar ◽  
S. K. Pandya
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin B ◽  
Disseminated Candidiasis

scholarly journals Disseminated fusariosis in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and prolonged fever - a case report

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 314-318
Author(s):  
Natasa Kacanski ◽  
Branislava Radisic ◽  
Jovanka Kolarovic
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Fusarium Species ◽  
Water System ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin B ◽  
Fusarium Infection ◽  
Days Of Therapy

Introduction. Infections caused by fungi of Fusarium species occur in immunocompromised individuals as disseminated diseases. Case Report. This case report presents a 5-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed a disseminated fusarium infection during reinduction chemotherapy. Fever was the main symptom and it lasted for 15 weeks. Refractory fever despite broad-spectrum antibiotics, as well as nausea, myalgia, pulmonary symptoms with detection of pulmonary infiltrates, liver and spleen involvement indicated an invasive fungal infection. The patient received fluconazole, voriconazole, liposomal amphotericin B and caspofungin. Since high temperature was persistent, diagnostic laparoscopy of the abdomen was done. Scattered lesions, up to 2 mm in diameter, were observed macroscopically on the surface of the liver and spleen. The liver culture was positive for Acinetobacter and Fusarium species. After 38 days of therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and 3 days of ciprofloxacin, the patient became afebrile. Itraconazole (according to the antimycogram) was continued during maintenance therapy. Abdominal ultrasound was completely normal after 5 months of treatment with itraconazole. This boy was our first patient with a disseminated fusarium infection. At that time, Fusarium was detected in the hospital water system and in hospital air samples. Conclusion. A timely diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases in children is a big challenge. Over the past decade, there has been an increase in survival rate of patients with invasive fusariosis due to much more common use of voriconazole or combined antifungal therapy.

Mediastinal Mucormycosis: Case report, review of literature and treatment with continuous liposomal amphotericin B irrigation

Mycoses ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph D. Cooper ◽  
Robert A. Gotoff ◽  
Michael A. Foltzer ◽  
Russell A. Carter ◽  
Thomas J. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin B ◽  
Review Of Literature

Successful treatment of focal hepatic candidiasis with liposomal amphotericin B

1992 ◽  
Vol 161 (12) ◽  
pp. 664-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. O’Connell ◽  
G. Crotty ◽  
M. T. Cafferkey ◽  
R. Stephens ◽  
G. S. A. McDonald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin B

Successful treatment of disseminated fusariosis with high dose liposomal amphotericin-B in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Cudillo ◽  
Andrea Tendas ◽  
Alessandra Picardi ◽  
Teresa Dentamaro ◽  
Maria Ilaria Del Principe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Liposomal Amphotericin B ◽  
High Dose
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