Disseminated sporotrichosis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia treated with amphotericin B and posaconazole

Paul E Bunce; Lin Yang; Soohun Chun; Sean X Zhang; Martina A Trinkaus; Larissa M Matukas

doi:10.3109/13693786.2011.584074

Disseminated sporotrichosis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia treated with amphotericin B and posaconazole

Med Mycol. 2012 Feb;50(2):197-201. doi: 10.3109/13693786.2011.584074. Epub 2011 May 26.

Authors

Paul E Bunce¹, Lin Yang, Soohun Chun, Sean X Zhang, Martina A Trinkaus, Larissa M Matukas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p.bunce@utoronto.ca

PMID: 21612561
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.584074

Abstract

We describe a case of disseminated Sporothrix schenckii infection in a man with underlying hairy cell leukemia. The immunological defects associated with this malignancy, as well as the management of refractory sporotrichosis are reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
Humans
Leg / pathology
Leukemia, Hairy Cell / microbiology*
Male
Skin / microbiology
Skin / pathology
Sporothrix / isolation & purification*
Sporotrichosis / complications*
Sporotrichosis / diagnosis
Sporotrichosis / drug therapy*
Triazoles / therapeutic use*

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Triazoles
posaconazole
Amphotericin B