Azole-resistant central nervous system aspergillosis

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Apr 15;48(8):1111-3. doi: 10.1086/597465.

Abstract

Three patients with central nervous system aspergillosis due to azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus (associated with a leucine substitution for histidine at codon 98 [L98H] and a 34-base pair repeat in tandem in the promoter region) are described. The patients were treated with combination therapy or with polyenes, but all patients died. Azole resistance significantly complicates the management of aspergillosis by delaying the initiation of adequate therapy and because effective alternative antifungal drugs are lacking.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / drug effects*
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / genetics
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification
  • Azoles / pharmacology*
  • Central Nervous System Infections / drug therapy
  • Central Nervous System Infections / microbiology*
  • Child
  • Drug Resistance, Fungal / genetics*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroaspergillosis / drug therapy
  • Neuroaspergillosis / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Azoles