Posaconazole Treatment for Apophysomyces elegans Rhino-Orbital Zygomycosis following Trauma for a Male with Well-Controlled Diabetes
| Autor: | T. D. Ferguson, Shanta M. Zimmer, Amelia Langston, Jodie Dionne-Odom, Michael G. Rinaldi, Mary E. Brandt, F. S. Nolte, S. D. Schniederjan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Adult
Male Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Posaconazole Antifungal Agents business.industry Fungi Case Reports Triazoles medicine.disease Dermatology Apophysomyces elegans Zygomycosis Diabetes mellitus Immunology Diabetes Mellitus medicine Dermatomycoses Humans Liposomal amphotericin business Mycosis medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45:1648-1651 |
| ISSN: | 1098-660X 0095-1137 |
| Popis: | We report a case of rhino-orbital zygomycosis in a 43-year-old male with well-controlled diabetes mellitus. The patient initially received liposomal amphotericin B, but the infection continued to progress, so posaconazole treatment was begun and eventually led to the cure of his infection. The causative agent was identified as Apophysomyces elegans , an emerging cause of zygomycosis in immunocompetent hosts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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