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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
A 59-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia in September 2004. He developed invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) and candidiasis, which were improved by administration of micafungin and amphotericin B (AMPH-B). He received reduced-intensity unrelated cord-blood transplantation without induction chemotherapy. He developed grade IV graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and the administration of steroids against GVHD was prolonged. Voriconazole (VRCZ) was used for a long period to prevent recurrence of the IPA. Afterwards, infiltrates in the bilateral upper lung fields were detected on a chest CT scan, and a diagnosis of pulmonary mucormycosis was made following detection of Mucor circinelloides from the patient's sputum culture. He then began receiving AMPH-B but died of massive hemoptysis. Mucormycosis usually occurs in immunocompromised hosts such as neutropenic patients with hematologic diseases and is a fatal fungal infection characterized by a rapid and progressive clinical course. Some overseas investigators have recently reported that VRCZ prophylaxis may result in breakthrough mucormycosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. These findings suggest that it is very important to pay attention to mucormycosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients in this country.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0485-1439
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
412-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Amphotericin B, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Antifungal Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Aspergillosis, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Echinocandins, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Fatal Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Immunocompromised Host, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Lipopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Lipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Lung Diseases, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Mucormycosis, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Peptides, Cyclic, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Pyrimidines, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Transplantation Conditioning, pubmed-meshheading:17571588-Triazoles
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
[Breakthrough pulmonary mucormycosis during voriconazole treatment after reduced-intensity cord blood transplantation for a patient with acute myeloid leukemia].
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports