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Successful Outcome of Disseminated<i>Fusarium</i>Infection with Skin Localization Treated with Voriconazole and Amphotericin B-Lipid Complex in a Patient with Acute Leukemia

Isabelle Durand-Joly, S. Alfandari, Zinnédine Benchikh, Marion Rodrigue, Ana Espinel-Ingroff, B. Catteau, Christophe Cordevant, Daniel Camus, Eduardo Dei‐Cas, F Bauters,

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2003 · 71 citations · 13 references

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A disseminated Fusarium oxysporum infection with skin localization was diagnosed in a woman with a relapse of B-acute leukemia during induction chemotherapy. The infection was refractory to amphotericin B-lipid complex alone but responded successfully when voriconazole was added.

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