Trichosporon faecale invasive infection in a patient with severe aplastic anemia: Efficacy of voriconazole and liposomal amphotericin B before neutrophil recovery

We report a case of a 51-year old man with a severe aplastic anemia who developed an invasive trichosporonosis to Trichosporon faecale with fungemia and skin lesions during severe neutropenia. The treatment was successful before neutrophil recovery with a combination of voriconazole and liposomal am...

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Autores principales: Pérard, Baptiste, Rougeron, Amandine, Favre, Simon, Accoceberry, Isabelle, Vigouroux, Stéphane, Mohr, Catherine, Milpied, Noël
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4506992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26199866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.06.003
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Sumario:We report a case of a 51-year old man with a severe aplastic anemia who developed an invasive trichosporonosis to Trichosporon faecale with fungemia and skin lesions during severe neutropenia. The treatment was successful before neutrophil recovery with a combination of voriconazole and liposomal amphotericin B.

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