| Literature DB >> 16464754 |
L Vazquez1, J J Mateos, C Sanz-Rodriguez, E Perez, D Caballero, J F San Miguel.
Abstract
Genera of the order Mucorales (Rhizopus, Mucor, Rhizomucor, Absidia, Apophysomyces, Cunninghamella, and Saksenaea) cause an angioinvasive infection called zygomycosis. Mortality rates can approach 100% depending on the patient's underlying disease and form of zygomycosis. We report here on the unusual case of a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia and zygomycosis unresponsive to monotherapy with liposomal amphotericin B, who responded favorably following the addition of the echinocandin caspofungin acetate.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16464754
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Haematologica ISSN： 0390-6078 Impact factor: 9.941