Successful combined surgical and medical treatment of fusarium infection after bone marrow transplantation

Scand J Infect Dis. 1994;26(2):225-8. doi: 10.3109/00365549409011789.

Abstract

The usual management of opportunistic fusarium infection in the immunocompromized 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 bone marrow transplant recipient which was successfully managed with local wide excisional surgery and intravenous liposomal amphotericin B.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
  • Dermatomycoses / surgery
  • Dermatomycoses / therapy*
  • Foot Dermatoses / drug therapy
  • Foot Dermatoses / surgery
  • Foot Dermatoses / therapy*
  • Fusarium*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Opportunistic Infections / surgery
  • Opportunistic Infections / therapy*

Substances

  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B