Abstract
A 68-year-old liver transplant recipient who was being treated with FK 506 andimmunosuppressive steroid therapy was admitted to our medical center because of a tonic-clonic seizure. Computed tomography of the head revealed multiple discrete cerebral abscesses, and culture of fluid drained intraoperatively yielded a dematiaceous fungus. The isolate was susceptible to amphotericin B and itraconazole but was resistant to flucytosine and fluconazole. The patient was successfully treated with a prolonged course of amphotericin B colloidal dispersion and itraconazole, as evidenced by both clinical and radiographic resolution of disease over a 2-year follow-up.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 714-719 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases