Treatment of cavitary pulmonary zygomycosis with surgical resection and posaconazole.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a 57-year-old woman with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who had a cavitary lesion develop in the right upper lobe caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae, a zygomycete. The infection was resistant to both high-dose liposomal amphotericin B and voriconazole. The current report demonstrates successful treatment, even in the setting of subsequent bone marrow transplantation and immunosuppression, using a combination of surgical resection and posaconazole therapy.
Medical subject headings
- Antifungal Agents
- Cunninghamella
- Lung Diseases, Fungal
- Pneumonectomy
- Triazoles
- Zygomycosis