Successful treatment of pulmonary zygomycosis with posaconazole in a recipient of a haploidentical donor stem cell transplant

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 Dec;47(7):959-63. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20572.

Abstract

We report the clinical course of a patient who developed a Rhizopus infection of his right lung and pleural cavity, 11 months after receiving a T-cell-depleted, haploidentical donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant. Thoracotomy was performed to remove the pulmonary lesion, but residual disease in the pleural cavity was noted. Treatment with amphotericin B was complicated by the development of severe renal dysfunction, necessitating alternative antifungal therapy. Treatment was initiated with the investigational triazole posaconazole. Despite concurrent treatment with corticosteroids for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), the patient had a complete response and remains well 4 years later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Haplotypes
  • Histocompatibility Testing
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Zygomycosis / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Triazoles
  • posaconazole