Aureobasidium mansoni meningitis in a leukemia patient successfully treated with amphotericin B.
Aureobasidium mansoni fungal meningitis in a 30-year-old leukemic patient is reported. This is the first reported case of Aureobasidium spp. central nervous system infection. The patient was successfully treated with systemic antifungal chemotherapy with a total dose of 2.2 g of amphotericin B.
Krcméry
V
V
Department of Chemotherapy, Postgraduate Medical School, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Spánik
S
S
Danisovicová
A
A
Jesenská
Z
Z
Blahová
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D016921:Meningitis, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*
D000666:Amphotericin B