title: Isavuconazole as salvage therapy for mucormycosis.
abstract: Mucormycosis carries a high mortality rate with few therapeutic options available. We describe a man with pulmonary/splenic mucormycosis complicating hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome on a background of chronic kidney disease, who achieved a complete response with salvage isavuconazole therapy following intolerance of consecutive courses of liposomal amphotericin and posaconazole therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: C Orla
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Medication Usage and Safety, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coutsouvelis
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Australia.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracics, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gooi
authors.affiliation: General Medical Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ananda-Rajah
keywords: Isavuconazole; Mucormycosis