Treatment of Mucormycosis with Liposomal Amphotericin B, Posaconazole and Deferasirox: A Case Report
Journal Title: Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
In this paper, we present a 69 years old diabetic patient with mucormycosis who was succesfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B (LAMB), posaconazole and deferasirox despite having no adequate surgery. There was no relapse on 6 month post-treatment follow-up. We conclude that combination of antifungal antibiotics with deferasirox may be successful in the salvage therapy of mucormycosis especially in diabetic patients. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2016;6(1): 32-35 Key words: mucormycosis, treatment, diabetes mellitus, mucorales
Authors and Affiliations
Uğur Önal, Meltem Taşbakan, Tansu Yamazhan, Bilgin Arda, Hüsnü Pullukçu, Sercan Ulusoy, Oğuz Sipahi
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- EP ID EP133323
- DOI 10.5799/ahinjs.02.2016.01.0211
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