Disseminated fusariosis successfully treated with empirical liposomal amphotericin B and voriconazole combination followed by ocular therapy in an allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient.
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Abstract
We report the case of a 61-year-old man with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, who underwent unrelated peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Fusariosis was suspected prior to identification of the fungal species, and voriconazole and liposomal amphotericin B combination therapy were administered. The patient developed fusarium-related endophthalmitis, accompanied by eye pain. Despite vitrectomy, the endophthalmitis was poorly controlled, and the left eye was enucleated. No recurrence of fusariosis was observed until death following multiple-organ failure due to steroid-resistant graft-versus-host disease.
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