Successful management of Aspergillus infection of an open window thoracostomy with topical liposomal amphotericin B

We present the case of a previously healthy 54-year-old man who was hospitalized for an Aspergillus fumigatus infection of an open window thoracotomy. Patient was successfully treated for 8 consecutives weeks with daily topical pleural liposomal amphotericine B administered by soaked gauzes combined...

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Autores principales: Legault-Dupuis, Alexis, Roy, France-Emilie, Giroux, Isabelle, Bernard-Genest, Michelle, Cote, Florence, Laliberte, Anne-Sophie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8581452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34804785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.08.004
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author Legault-Dupuis, Alexis
Roy, France-Emilie
Giroux, Isabelle
Bernard-Genest, Michelle
Cote, Florence
Laliberte, Anne-Sophie
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description We present the case of a previously healthy 54-year-old man who was hospitalized for an Aspergillus fumigatus infection of an open window thoracotomy. Patient was successfully treated for 8 consecutives weeks with daily topical pleural liposomal amphotericine B administered by soaked gauzes combined with systemic therapy.
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spelling pubmed-85814522021-11-18 Successful management of Aspergillus infection of an open window thoracostomy with topical liposomal amphotericin B Legault-Dupuis, Alexis Roy, France-Emilie Giroux, Isabelle Bernard-Genest, Michelle Cote, Florence Laliberte, Anne-Sophie Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report We present the case of a previously healthy 54-year-old man who was hospitalized for an Aspergillus fumigatus infection of an open window thoracotomy. Patient was successfully treated for 8 consecutives weeks with daily topical pleural liposomal amphotericine B administered by soaked gauzes combined with systemic therapy. Elsevier 2021-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8581452/ /pubmed/34804785 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.08.004 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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