Successful treatment of aspergillus brain abscess with itraconazole and interferon-gamma in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease.
This report describes the successful treatment of Aspergillus brain abscess in a boy with chronic granulomatous disease.
Saulsbury
F T
FT
Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. fts@virginia.edu
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D017964:Itraconazole; D007371:Interferon-gamma