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. 2016 Mar 8:11:21-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.03.001. eCollection 2016 Mar.

Saprochaete clavata invasive infection in a patient with severe aplastic anemia: Efficacy of voriconazole and liposomal amphotericin B with adjuvant granulocyte transfusions before neutrophil recovery following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Simon Favre  1 , Amandine Rougeron  2 , Laure Levoir  3 , Baptiste Pérard  1 , Noël Milpied  4 , Isabelle Accoceberry  2 , Frédéric Gabriel  2 , Stéphane Vigouroux  1
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Saprochaete clavata invasive infection in a patient with severe aplastic anemia: Efficacy of voriconazole and liposomal amphotericin B with adjuvant granulocyte transfusions before neutrophil recovery following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Simon Favre et al. Med Mycol Case Rep. .

Abstract

We report a case of a 27-year old man with severe aplastic anemia who developed a Saprochaete clavata (Geotrichum clavatum) disseminated invasive infection shortly prior a scheduled allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Treatment with a combination of voriconazole, liposomal amphotericin B and adjuvant granulocyte transfusions was successful before neutrophil recovery.

Keywords: Aplastic anemia; Hematological disease; Invasive infection; Saprochaete clavata.

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