[Successful treatment with voriconazol of a Pseudallescheria boydii fungus ball in a HIV positive patient and previous tuberculosis]

Rev Iberoam Micol. 2003 Jun;20(2):64-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We herein describe a patient with a Pseudallescheria boydii fungus ball in a tuberculous lung cavity, which was successfully treated four years earlier. The patient was HIV positive classified as C3 with a previous history of i.v. heroin abuse. The clinical presumptive diagnosis was radiologically established combined with histological examination. Culture of tissue confirmed and proved the fungal etiology. In vitro MIC values for voriconazole (0.5 mg/ml) guided antifungal prophylactic treatment before surgical eradication of the fungus ball since the patient was immunosuppressed. We discuss the clinical spectrum of P. boydii infections and currently medical approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy*
  • Pseudallescheria*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Remission Induction
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Voriconazole