18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan as a Useful Tool to Assess Response to Antimycotic Therapy in Disseminated Invasive Mycosis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Mycopathologia. 2020 Jun;185(3):597-598. doi: 10.1007/s11046-020-00441-0. Epub 2020 Apr 7.

Authors

Davide Lazzarotto¹, Gabriele Facchin², Anna Candoni², Renato Fanin²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy. davide.lazzarotto@asuiud.sanita.fvg.it.
² Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy.

PMID: 32266558
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-020-00441-0

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute myeloid leukemia; CT scan; Disseminated invasive mycosis; PET scan.

MeSH terms

Aged
Anidulafungin / therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Drug Combinations
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Invasive Fungal Infections* / diagnosis
Invasive Fungal Infections* / drug therapy
Invasive Fungal Infections* / pathology
Kidney / diagnostic imaging
Kidney / microbiology
Kidney / pathology
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Liver / microbiology
Liver / pathology
Male
Mycoses* / diagnosis
Mycoses* / drug therapy
Mycoses* / pathology
Nitriles / therapeutic use
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Pyridines / therapeutic use
Spleen / diagnostic imaging
Spleen / microbiology
Spleen / pathology
Treatment Outcome
Triazoles / therapeutic use

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Drug Combinations
Nitriles
Pyridines
Triazoles
isavuconazole
Anidulafungin