Effective Treatment of Invasive Aspergillus fumigatus Infection Using Combinations of Topical and Systemic Antifungals in a Severely Burned Patient.


Autoria(s): Fournier A.; Pantet O.; Guerid S.; Eggimann P.; Pagani J.L.; Revelly J.P.; Hauser P.M.; Marchetti O.; Fontanella S.; Letovanec I.; Ravat F.; Berger M.M.; Pannatier A.; Voirol P.; Que Y.A.
Data(s)

2015

Resumo

The authors describe an invasive Aspergillus fumigatus deep-burn wound infection in a severely burned patient that was successfully treated with a combination of topical terbinafine and systemic voriconazole antifungal therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing the effective control of an invasive deep-burn wound infection using this combination.

Identificador

http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_7801E93C98E1

isbn:1559-0488 (Electronic)

pmid:25127025

doi:10.1097/BCR.0000000000000143

isiid:000350395100012

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Journal of Burn Care and Research, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. e85-e89

Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

article