Progressive cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus: rapid response to treatment with caspofungin and itraconazole.
A case of rapidly progressive cutaneous infection due to Paecilomyces lilacinus developed in a woman with advanced pancreatic cancer who did not have granulocytopenia. The infection responded favorably to caspofungin and itraconazole combination therapy.
Safdar
Amar
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29203, USA. Safdar@richmed.medpark.sc.edu
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077336:Caspofungin; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D054714:Echinocandins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010143:Paecilomyces / Q000187:drug effects; D010455:Peptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D054714:Echinocandins; D055666:Lipopeptides; D010455:Peptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D017964:Itraconazole; D000077336:Caspofungin