Successful Outcome of Disseminated Fusarium musae Fungemia with Skin Localization Treated with Liposomal Amphotericin B and Voriconazole in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Mycopathologia. 2020 Dec;185(6):1085-1089. doi: 10.1007/s11046-020-00499-w. Epub 2020 Oct 29.

Abstract

Fusarium spp. may cause invasive disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients, associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We describe a case of disseminated fusariosis with fungemia and skin localization caused by Fusarium musae in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia successfully treated using liposomal amphotericin B and voriconazole.

Keywords: Amphotericin B; Fungemia; Fusarium spp.; Leukemia; Voriconazole.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Fungemia* / drug therapy
  • Fusariosis* / drug therapy
  • Fusarium
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute* / microbiology
  • Voriconazole / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B
  • Voriconazole

Supplementary concepts

  • Fusarium musae