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CaseReport Article

Successful Combined Surgical and Medical Treatment of Fusarium Infection after Bone Marrow Transplantation

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Pages 225-228 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

The usual management of opportunistic fusarium infection in the immunocompromized patient is with systemic antifungals, despite which little impact is made on the mortality which approaches 100%. We describe a case of fusarwm infection of the foot in a bone marrow tranplant reciplent which was successfully managed with local wide excisional surgery and intravenous liposomal amphotericin B.

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