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Port‐a‐cath‐related Fusarium oxysporum infection in an HIV‐infected patient: treatment with liposomal amphotericin B
Author(s) -
Eljaschewitsch J.,
Sandfort J.,
Tintelnot Kathrin,
Horbach Ingeburg,
Ruf B.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00112.x
Subject(s) - amphotericin b , fusarium oxysporum , port (circuit theory) , medicine , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antifungal , botany , electrical engineering , engineering
Summary. The first case of Port‐a‐cath‐related disseminated fusariosis in an HIV‐infected patient is presented. Antifungal treatment with liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) in a dose of 2 mg kg ‐1 day ‐1 for 14 days was successful. Zusammenfassung. Wir berichten über den ersten Fall einer Port‐a‐cath assoziierten disseminierten Fusariose bei einem HIV‐infizierten Patienten. Die systemische antimykotische Therapie mit liposomal verkapseltem Amphotericin B (2 mg kg ‐1 d ‐1 über 14 Tage) war erfolgreich.

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