Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis sinus–orbital zygomycosis in an immunosuppressed patient: successful treatment with posaconazole after a complicated clinical course | Zendy

Damien Stark | Zendy; S. Milliken | Zendy; Deborah Marriott | Zendy; John Harkness | Zendy

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Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis sinus–orbital zygomycosis in an immunosuppressed patient: successful treatment with posaconazole after a complicated clinical course

Author(s) -

Damien Stark,

S. Milliken,

Deborah Marriott,

John Harkness

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1473-5644

pISSN - 0022-2615

DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.47069-0

Subject(s) - posaconazole , zygomycosis , rhizopus , medicine , mucormycosis , amphotericin b , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , antifungal , pathology , biology , biochemistry , fermentation

A case of sinus-orbital Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis infection in a patient with graft versus host disease following allogeneic blood stem cell transplantation is reported. Commercially available pea straw compost used for gardening was suspected to be the source of the infection. After an initial relapse, treatment with surgical debridement, liposomal amphotericin B and posaconazole was successful.

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