Posaconazole Treatment for Apophysomyces elegans Rhino-Orbital Zygomycosis following Trauma for a Male with Well-Controlled Diabetes
- 1 May 2007
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (5) , 1648-1651
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00014-07
Abstract
We report a case of rhino-orbital zygomycosis in a 43-year-old male with well-controlled diabetes mellitus. The patient initially received liposomal amphotericin B, but the infection continued to progress, so posaconazole treatment was begun and eventually led to the cure of his infection. The causative agent was identified as Apophysomyces elegans, an emerging cause of zygomycosis in immunocompetent hosts.Keywords
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