Voriconazole treatment of presumptive disseminated Aspergillus infection in a child with acute leukemia

Elizabeth Shouldice, Conrad V. Fernandez, Barbara McCully, Matthias Schmidt, Robert Fraser, Chris Cook

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Resumen

Invasive fungal infection continues to pose a significant threat to immunocompromised patients. The authors describe a pediatric patient receiving chemotherapy for acute undifferentiated leukemia who developed presumptive Aspergillus species infection disseminated to lung, liver, spleen, and bone. The authors report the successful treatment of this infection with the addition of voriconazole, a triazole antimycotic, to treatment with amphotericin and surgical debridement, in the setting of ongoing intensive chemotherapy.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)732-734
Número de páginas3
PublicaciónJournal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Volumen25
N.º9
DOI
EstadoPublished - sep. 1 2003

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Hematology
  • Oncology

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