Fungal peritonitis associated with Curvularia geniculata and Pithomyces species in a patient with vulvar cancer who was successfully treated with oral voriconazole

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2014 Feb;67(2):191-3. doi: 10.1038/ja.2013.108. Epub 2013 Oct 30.

Authors

Michinori Terada¹, Emiko Ohki¹, Yuka Yamagishi¹, Yayoi Nishiyama², Kazuo Satoh², Katsuhisa Uchida², Hideyo Yamaguchi², Hiroshige Mikamo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Aichi Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
² Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, Tokyo, Japan.
³ 1] Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Aichi Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan [2] Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.

PMID: 24169794
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2013.108

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
Ascomycota / drug effects*
Ascomycota / isolation & purification
Diabetic Nephropathies / complications
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Medroxyprogesterone / therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Mycoses / drug therapy
Mycoses / etiology*
Mycoses / microbiology
Peritoneal Dialysis / adverse effects
Peritonitis / drug therapy
Peritonitis / etiology*
Peritonitis / microbiology
Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
Triazoles / therapeutic use*
Voriconazole
Vulvar Neoplasms / complications
Vulvar Neoplasms / drug therapy*

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Antineoplastic Agents
Pyrimidines
Triazoles
Medroxyprogesterone
Voriconazole