Combined medico‐surgical strategy for invasive sino‐orbito‐cerebral breakthrough fungal infection with Hormographiella aspergillata in an acute leukaemia patient

We report a neutropenic patient who developed a severe sino‐orbito‐cerebral H. aspergillata infection while receiving empirical caspofungin, successfully controlled by an aggressive strategy associating surgical debridement and combined high‐dose regimen of antifungal drugs.

Source: Mycoses - March 6, 2015 Category: Research Authors: M. Heiblig, V. Bozzoli, J. Saison, X. Thomas, D. De Croze, A. Traverse‐Glehen, A. Cosmidis, C. Chidiac, T. Ferry, A. Alanio, A. L. Bienvenu, D. Dupont, S. Ducastelle‐Lepretre, M. Michallet, F. Ader, Tags: Case Report Source Type: research