Combined anti-fungal therapy and surgical resection as treatment of disseminated aspergillosis of the lung and brain following BMT

M E Trigg; A H Menezes; R Giller; L Lanza; R J Smith; Y Sato; C Peters; A Altman

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Combined anti-fungal therapy and surgical resection as treatment of disseminated aspergillosis of the lung and brain following BMT

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Combined anti-fungal therapy and surgical resection as treatment of disseminated aspergillosis of the lung and brain following BMT

M E Trigg, A H Menezes, R Giller, L Lanza, R J Smith, Y Sato, C Peters and A Altman

Bone marrow transplantation (Basingstoke), Vol.11(6), pp.493-496

06/1993

PMID: 8392887

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Abstract

This report describes a 6-year-old girl with pre-B ALL who developed systemic aspergillosis following BMT. She was successfully treated with a combination of amphotericin B, itraconazole and surgery. This report emphasizes the importance of surgical resection in the management of disseminated aspergillosis.

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Aspergillosis - diagnostic imaging

Humans

Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Ketoconazole - analogs & derivatives

Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use

Aspergillosis - surgery

Ketoconazole - therapeutic use

Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - therapy

Aspergillosis - microbiology

Female

Amphotericin B - therapeutic use

Child

Aspergillosis - drug therapy

Itraconazole

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Title: Subtitle: Combined anti-fungal therapy and surgical resection as treatment of disseminated aspergillosis of the lung and brain following BMT
Creators: M E Trigg - Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242
A H Menezes
R Giller
L Lanza
R J Smith
Y Sato
C Peters
A Altman
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Bone marrow transplantation (Basingstoke), Vol.11(6), pp.493-496
PMID: 8392887
NLM abbreviation: Bone Marrow Transplant
ISSN: 0268-3369
eISSN: 1476-5365
Publisher: England
Language: English
Date published: 06/1993
Academic Unit: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Radiology; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984007198902771

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