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Successful salvage treatment of disseminated cutaneous fusariosis with liposomal amphotericin B and terbinafine after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Author(s) -
Neuburger S.,
Massenkeil G.,
Seibold M.,
Lutz C.,
Tamm I.,
Le Coutre P.,
Graf B.,
Doerken B.,
Arnold R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00296.x
Subject(s) - terbinafine , medicine , fusariosis , amphotericin b , transplantation , autologous stem cell transplantation , antifungal , dermatology , fusarium , surgery , itraconazole , biology , horticulture
Fusarium infections are associated with high mortality after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. We report on successful treatment of a disseminated cutaneous Fusarium proliferatum infection using liposomal amphotericin B and terbinafine. In vitro susceptibility tests of antifungal drugs suggest that terbinafine is a potent additional antifungal drug for disseminated cutaneous fusariosis.