fusariosis/diarrhea

Fusarium is a filamentous brown fungus found in soil, on plants and outdoors responsible for localized or disseminated infections. Diagnosis is based on blood cultures and skin biopsy. Disseminated fusariosis is a rare and serious fungal infection, that occurs especially in neutropenic

Disseminated Fusarium infection in an immunocompromised host is intractable and results in high mortality. We provide the first full case report on successful treatment of a disseminated Fusarium infection in an infant. The 6-month-old infant, whose family raised livestock, had infantile leukemia.

A 52-year-old man underwent non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation from his HLA identical sister for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma. On day 0, he developed a high-grade fever, watery diarrhea and vesicles scattered on the skin. Well experienced dermatologists diagnosed these lesions as

OBJECTIVE To summarize the published clinical data on posaconazole, critically review the New Drug Application data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration, and provide information critical for evaluation and formulary positioning. METHODS Reported investigations were identified from MEDLINE

BACKGROUND The incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) caused by opportunistic filamentous molds is increasing, along with emerging fungal resistance. Posaconazole, a structural analogue of itraconazole that was approved for marketing in the United States in 2006, appears to be a promising