Successful outcome of disseminated Fusarium infection with skin localization treated with voriconazole and amphotericin B-lipid complex in a patient with acute leukemia.
J Clin Microbiol 2004;
41:4898-900. [PMID:
14532255 PMCID:
PMC254322 DOI:
10.1128/jcm.41.10.4898-4900.2003]
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Abstract
A disseminated Fusarium oxysporum infection with skin localization was diagnosed in a woman with a relapse of B-acute leukemia during induction chemotherapy. The infection was refractory to amphotericin B-lipid complex alone but responded successfully when voriconazole was added.
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