Abdominal Wall Mucormycosis Successfully Treated with Amphotericin and Itraconazole

The routine management of cutaneous mucormycosis consists of combined surgical and medical therapy. We present a case of successful medical therapy with sequential liposomal amphotericin B and itraconazole for a peri-ostomal cutaneousRhizopus infection in a 59-year-old woman following treatment for...

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Published in:The Journal of infection 2002-04, Vol.44 (3), p.203-204
Main Authors: Hunter, Alan J., Bryant, Richard E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal Muscles - pathology
Amphotericin B - therapeutic use
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Antifungal agents
Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
Antiparasitic agents
Biological and medical sciences
Drug Combinations
Female
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - complications
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - drug therapy
Itraconazole - therapeutic use
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis - complications
Mucormycosis - drug therapy
Mucormycosis - microbiology
Mucormycosis - pathology
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Phosphatidylcholines - therapeutic use
Phosphatidylglycerols - therapeutic use
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - complications
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - drug therapy
Rhizopus - isolation & purification
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Summary:The routine management of cutaneous mucormycosis consists of combined surgical and medical therapy. We present a case of successful medical therapy with sequential liposomal amphotericin B and itraconazole for a peri-ostomal cutaneousRhizopus infection in a 59-year-old woman following treatment for pyoderma gangrenosum in the setting of inflammatory bowel disease.
ISSN:0163-4453
1532-2742
DOI:10.1053/jinf.2002.0972