Treatment of Mucormycosis with Liposomal Amphotericin B, Posaconazole and Deferasirox: A Case Report

Authors : Uğur ÖNAL

Pages : 32-35

Doi:10.5799/jmid.328767

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Publication Date : 2016-03-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :In this paper, we present a 69 years old diabetic patient with mucormycosis who was succesfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LAMB);, posaconazole and deferasirox despite having no adequate surgery. There was no relapse on 6 month post-treatment follow-up. We conclude that combination of antifungal antibiotics with deferasirox may be successful in the salvage therapy of mucormycosis especially in diabetic patients. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2016;6insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1);: 32-35
Keywords : mucormycosis, treatment, diabetes mellitus, mucorales