Successful combined surgical and medical treatment of fusarium infection after bone marrow transplantation.
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.
Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005670:Fusarium; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
C068538:liposomal amphotericin B; D000666:Amphotericin B