Combined antifungal approach for the treatment of invasive mucormycosis in patients with hematologic diseases: a report from the SEIFEM and FUNGISCOPE registries

Livio Pagano; Oliver A Cornely; Alessandro Busca; Morena Caira; Simone Cesaro; Cristiana Gasbarrino; Corrado Girmenia; Werner J Heinz; Raoul Herbrecht; Cornelia Lass-Flörl; Annamaria Nosari; Leonardo Potenza; Zdenek Racil; Volker Rickerts; Donald C Sheppard; Arne Simon; Andrew J Ullmann; Caterina Giovanna Valentini; Jörg Janne Vehreschild; Anna Candoni; Maria J G T Vehreschild

doi:10.3324/haematol.2012.083063

Combined antifungal approach for the treatment of invasive mucormycosis in patients with hematologic diseases: a report from the SEIFEM and FUNGISCOPE registries

Haematologica. 2013 Oct;98(10):e127-30. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.083063. Epub 2013 May 28.

Affiliation

¹ Livio Pagano. lpagano@rm.unicatt.it.

No abstract available

Keywords: combination therapy; hematologic malignancies; invasive fungal infections; lipid formulations of amphotericin B; mucormycosis; posaconazole.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amphotericin B / administration & dosage*
Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Follow-Up Studies
Hematologic Diseases / drug therapy*
Hematologic Diseases / epidemiology
Humans
Mucormycosis / drug therapy*
Mucormycosis / epidemiology
Registries*
Treatment Outcome
Triazoles / administration & dosage*

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Triazoles
liposomal amphotericin B
posaconazole
Amphotericin B