Successful Treatment of Chronic Disseminated Candidiasis with Fluconazole and a Granulocyte?Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor Combination

László Rókusz Infectious Diseases Unit, Central Military Hospital of the Hungarian Defense Forces, Budapest, Hungary

László Liptay Infectious Diseases Unit, Central Military Hospital of the Hungarian Defense Forces, Budapest, Hungary

Katalin Kádár Infectious Diseases Unit, Central Military Hospital of the Hungarian Defense Forces, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

We report a case of chronic disseminated candidiasis in a patient with acute non-lymphoid leukaemia. After 12 months of combined therapy with fluconazole and granulocyte?macrophage colony-stimulating factor, lesions in the liver and spleen resolved completely. The patient has given birth to a healthy baby and has been in complete hematological remission for 3 years.

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