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  • Title: Successful antifungal combination therapy with voriconazole and caspofungin.
    Author: Schuster F, Moelter C, Schmid I, Graubner UB, Kammer B, Belohradsky BH, Führer M.
    Journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer; 2005 Jun 15; 44(7):682-5. PubMed ID: 15700260.
    Abstract:
    A 12-year-old boy in third remission of an acute lymphoblastic leukaemia developed infection of lung and paranasal sinuses with Aspergillus flavus in neutropenia. Because of the high risk of leukaemia-relapse bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from a matched unrelated donor was carried out despite invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). It is the first reported patient with IPA, who was successfully treated by the antifungal combination therapy with voriconazole and caspofungin therapy during myeloablative BMT. Despite 6 weeks of aplasia, a dramatic decrease of lesions highly suggestive of aspergillosis was observed after BMT. Since discharge-oral voriconazole monotherapy has been continued.
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