Successful treatment of Trichosporon mucoides infection with lipid complex amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine

Mycoses. 2006 May;49(3):251-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01223.x.

Abstract

Infections in immunocompromised children can stem from bacteria, fungi, viruses, or protozoa, but most importantly, from the host's endogenous bacterial flora. Disseminated infection caused by Trichosporon species is one of the emerging mycoses in neutropenic patients, particularly when they are treated for haematological malignancy with cytotoxic and immunosuppressive chemotherapy. We report a 15-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, whose Trichosporon mucoides infection was successfully treated with lipid complex amphotericin B plus 5-fluorocytosine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Flucytosine / administration & dosage
  • Flucytosine / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycoses / drug therapy*
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • Trichosporon / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B
  • Flucytosine