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

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

Vanessa Verbeke  1 , Thibault Bourgeois  2 , Tom Lodewyck  2 , Jens Van Praet  3 , Katrien Lagrou  4 , Marijke Reynders  1 , Eric Nulens  5
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Successful Outcome of Disseminated Fusarium musae Fungemia with Skin Localization Treated with Liposomal Amphotericin B and Voriconazole in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Vanessa Verbeke et al. Mycopathologia. 2020 Dec.

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.

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