Successful treatment of disseminated Fusarium infection after autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1991 Aug;8(2):143-5.

Abstract

Disseminated Fusarium is a rare but life-threatening infection of severely immunocompromised patients. A fatal outcome has been described in all reported cases of Fusarium infection occurring after bone marrow transplantation. We describe a patient who developed disseminated Fusarium infection with a secondary fungal endophthalmitis after an autologous bone marrow transplant for acute myeloid leukemia. This infection was successfully eradicated after neutrophil recovery by prolonged systemic administration of amphotericin B as well as aggressive local therapy including enucleation of the affected eye. The patient remains free of both leukemia and fungal disease more than 4 years after transplant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Eye Enucleation
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / surgery
  • Fusarium*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / surgery*
  • Male
  • Mycoses / drug therapy*
  • Mycoses / surgery

Substances

  • Amphotericin B