[Pulmonary zygomycosis in a patient treated for invasive aspergillosis].

Abstract

We report a pulmonary mucormycosis due to Absidia corymbifera. It occurred in a leukemic patient treated for a probable aspergillosis regressing after voriconazole treatment. The patient responded to surgery and a combination of liposomal amphotericin B and itraconazole. He was alive and well after 7-months of follow up.

• Authors: S Tricot, T Gastine, B Sendid, A Wurtz, S de Botton, S Alfandari
• Journal: Medecine et maladies infectieuses (Med Mal Infect) Vol. 36 Issue 2 Pg. 118-21 (Feb 2006) ISSN: 0399-077X [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Zygomycose pulmonaire chez un patient traité pour une aspergillose invasive possible.
• PMID: 16458464 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antifungal Agents
• Itraconazole
• Amphotericin B

Topics

• Adult
• Amphotericin B (therapeutic use)
• Antifungal Agents (therapeutic use)
• Aspergillosis (complications)
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Humans
• Itraconazole (therapeutic use)
• Leukemia (complications)
• Male
• Radiography, Thoracic
• Respiratory Tract Infections (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
• Treatment Outcome
• Zygomycosis (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)