Mycoses
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Case Reports
Successful treatment of disseminated fusariosis with voriconazole in an acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patient.
Fusarium species are actually the second most common pathogenic mould in immunocompromised patients, and it is difficult to treat such fusarial infections with current antifungal agents. We report the case of a 53-year-old woman with Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. ⋯ Voriconazole was successfully implemented as antifungal curative therapy. During the second intensive chemotherapy no reactivation of fusariosis was detected.