Successful treatment of Acremonium fungemia with voriconazole.

Abstract

We report two cases of Acremonium fungemia with proven involvement of the skin and probably of the lung in patients who were both undergoing chemotherapy, one for mantle cell lymphoma and the other for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Both patients failed amphotericin B deoxycholate treatment and were successfully treated with voriconazole with very mild toxicity.

• Authors: D Mattei, N Mordini, C Lo Nigro, A Gallamini, M Osenda, F Pugno, C Viscoli
• Journal: Mycoses (Mycoses) Vol. 46 Issue 11-12 Pg. 511-4 (Dec 2003) ISSN: 0933-7407 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 14641626 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antifungal Agents
• Antineoplastic Agents
• Pyrimidines
• Triazoles
• Amphotericin B
• Voriconazole

Topics

• Acremonium (drug effects)
• Amphotericin B (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Antifungal Agents (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Antineoplastic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Fungemia (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Humans
• Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell (complications, drug therapy)
• Middle Aged
• Opportunistic Infections (drug therapy)
• Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma (complications, drug therapy)
• Pyrimidines (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Triazoles (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Voriconazole