[Disseminated fusariosis by Fusarium oxysporum in an adult patient with acute myeloid leukemia and severe febrile neutropenia]

Rev Chilena Infectol. 2005 Dec;22(4):356-60. doi: 10.4067/s0716-10182005000600009. Epub 2005 Dec 5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report the first case of disseminated fusariosis in an adult patient in Chile, with a hematologic neoplasia and chemotherapy that evolved with febrile prolonged neutropenia, refractory, treated with wide spectrum antibiotics and that developed a systemic infection with sinusal, cutaneous and pulmonary compromise by Fusarium oxysporum. He was refractory to antifungal treatment with amphotericin B deoxycholate and caspofungin that were administered in a sequential schedule. The fatal outcome of this patient was associated to persistent neutropenia and infection caused by a filamentous fungus usually resistant to antifungal therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fusarium*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications*
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neutropenia / complications*
  • Neutropenia / drug therapy
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents