SUCCESSFUL COMBINED SURGICAL AND MEDICAL-TREATMENT OF FUSARIUM INFECTION AFTER BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
ELLIS ME CLINK H YOUNGE D HAINAU B
Citation
Me. Ellis et al., SUCCESSFUL COMBINED SURGICAL AND MEDICAL-TREATMENT OF FUSARIUM INFECTION AFTER BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 26(2), 1994, pp. 225-228
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365548
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
225 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1994)26:2<225:SCSAMO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The usual management of opportunistic fusarium infection in the immuno compromized patient is with systemic antifungals, despite which little impact is made on the mortality which approaches 100%. We describe a case of fusarium infection of the foot in a hone marrow transplant rec ipient which was successfully managed with local wide excisional surge ry and intravenous liposomal amphotericin B.