TY - JOUR
T1 - Disseminated mucormycosis in a paediatric patient
T2 - Lichthemia corymbifera successfully treated with combination antifungal therapy
AU - Campbell, Anita
AU - Cooper, Celia
AU - Davis, Stephen
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Mucormycosis is a severe fungal infection that largely affects immunocompromised individuals. It carries a high morbidity and mortality rate and is characterised by extensive angioinvasion and necrosis of host tissue. This case report details success in treating disseminated mucormycosis in a paediatric patient with an underlying haematological malignancy. Treatment included institution of combination antifungal therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and caspofungin, aggressive surgical debridement of infected tissue and reversal of underlying immunosuppression.
AB - Mucormycosis is a severe fungal infection that largely affects immunocompromised individuals. It carries a high morbidity and mortality rate and is characterised by extensive angioinvasion and necrosis of host tissue. This case report details success in treating disseminated mucormycosis in a paediatric patient with an underlying haematological malignancy. Treatment included institution of combination antifungal therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and caspofungin, aggressive surgical debridement of infected tissue and reversal of underlying immunosuppression.
KW - Combination antifungal therapy
KW - Lichthemia Corymbifera
KW - Mucormycosis
KW - Neutropenia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906884231&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84906884231
SN - 2211-7539
VL - 6
SP - 18
EP - 21
JO - Medical Mycology Case Reports
JF - Medical Mycology Case Reports
IS - 1
ER -
