Recurrent Acremonium infection in a kidney transplant patient treated with voriconazole: a case report.
Acremonium infection is rare and associated with immunosuppression. A case of recurrent cutaneous Acremonium infection after short term voriconazole use is described. Surgical resection was the definitive therapy. Oral voriconazole was used in the treatment of Acremonium infection, but recurrence was associated with short therapy. Prolonged antifungal therapy and surgical resection are discussed for the treatment of localized lesions.
Tuon
Felipe Francisco
FF
Division of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR. fptuon@gmail.com
Pozzi
Carolina
C
Penteado-Filho
Sergio Ricardo
SR
Benvenutti
Ricardo
R
Contieri
Fabiana Loss de Carvalho
FL
D000164:Acremonium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D065819:Voriconazole
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D065819:Voriconazole