Successful treatment of rhinocerebral zygomycosis using liposomal nystatin

Leuk Lymphoma. 2001 Sep-Oct;42(5):1119-23. doi: 10.3109/10428190109097734.

Abstract

We describe a case of successful treatment of rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a patient with multiple myeloma. Therapeutic strategies used included liposomal amphotericin, hyperbaric oxygen, GM-CSF and liposomal nystatin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Drug Carriers / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liposomes / administration & dosage
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Myeloma / complications
  • Nose Diseases / diagnosis
  • Nose Diseases / drug therapy
  • Nose Diseases / microbiology
  • Nystatin / administration & dosage*
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnosis
  • Orbital Diseases / drug therapy
  • Orbital Diseases / microbiology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Zygomycosis / diagnosis
  • Zygomycosis / drug therapy*
  • Zygomycosis / etiology

Substances

  • Drug Carriers
  • Liposomes
  • Nystatin