title: Catheter-associated aspergillosis of the chest wall following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
abstract: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) at the insertion site of central venous catheters is a rare event. Here we report the occurrence of chest wall aspergillosis at the insertion site of a Broviac catheter in a 5-year-old child undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The infection arose during profound granulocytopenia under conditions of reverse isolation with laminar air flow and high efficiency particulate air filtration and was successfully managed with repeat surgical debridement, voriconazole/caspofungin combination therapy guided by therapeutic drug monitoring, and adjunctive use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. The case reflects the occurrence of IA despite reverse isolation and air decontamination, the principles of treatment of Aspergillus soft tissue infections in granulocytopenic patients, and the need for therapeutic drug monitoring of voriconazole particularly in young children.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Research Program, Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Children's Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kerl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fegeler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rossig
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ehlert
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Groll
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D000077336:Caspofungin; D057785:Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D054714:Echinocandins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008297:Male; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000382:microbiology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D065819:Voriconazole
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D054714:Echinocandins; D055666:Lipopeptides; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D000077336:Caspofungin; D065819:Voriconazole