Successful control of Blastoschizomyces capitatus infection in three consecutive acute leukaemia patients despite initial unresponsiveness to liposomal amphotericin B

Mycoses. 2011 Jul;54(4):365-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2010.01880.x. Epub 2010 Apr 6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage*
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Dipodascus / drug effects
  • Dipodascus / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoses / diagnosis*
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Portal Vein / pathology
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B