Posaconazole salvage therapy allows successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with refractory invasive mold infections.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2007
Abstract
We describe the clinical courses of 3 patients with hematologic malignancies (2 with acute myelogenous leukemia and 1 with multiple myeloma) who developed invasive fungal infections due to uncommon molds (Alternaria spp., Paecilomyces lilacinus, and Zygomycetes). Breakthrough invasive fungal infections of the sinus (n=1), lung (n=3), and pericardium (n=1) developed despite fluconazole prophylaxis and failed to respond to treatment with other licensed antifungal therapies, including amphotericin B (n=3), caspofungin (n=2), and voriconazole (n=3), and surgical intervention (n=2). Salvage therapy with posaconazole oral suspension resulted in successful outcomes in all 3 patients, who subsequently underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) while on continued posaconazole therapy. The median duration of posaconazole treatment before HSCT was 5 months (range: 1.5-6 months). Posaconazole salvage therapy allowed successful allogeneic HSCT in 3 patients with refractory invasive mold infections.
Volume
9
Issue
2
First Page
89
Last Page
96
ISSN
1398-2273
Published In/Presented At
Mullane, K., Toor, A. A., Kalnicky, C., Rodriguez, T., Klein, J., & Stiff, P. (2007). Posaconazole salvage therapy allows successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with refractory invasive mold infections. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 9(2), 89–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00208.x
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
17461992
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Hematology-Medical Oncology Division
Document Type
Article