Successful therapy with ABLC, surgery and posaconazole for Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis liver eumycetoma in a child with acute leukaemia
2009
Abstract
Invasive fungal infection negatively influences the morbidity and mortality in heavily immuno-incompetent patients. Diagnosis of non-Aspergillus mould infections remains challenging despite application of a wide spectrum of non-culture-based microbiological techniques.
Invasive diagnostic procedures are often essential. In this article, we present the case of a 15-month-old boy diagnosed with Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis liver mycetoma during induction chemotherapy for acute promyelocytic leukaemia.
Following surgery, he was effectively treated with a combination of ABLC and posaconazole during ongoing intensive chemotherapy. Posaconazole was also used as long-term secondary prophylaxis.