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- Title
Successful Treatment of Sinusitis Caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae.
- Authors
Ng, Tony T. C.; Campbell, Colin K.; Rothera, M.; Houghton, J. B.; Hughes, D.; Denning, David W.
- Abstract
Seventeen cases of infections due to Cunninghamella species have been reported worldwide in humans, and there have been only three survivors. We report a case of paranasal sinusitis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in an elderly patient who had diabetes mellitus and myelodysplasia. After receiving 7 weeks of therapy with deoxycholate amphotericin B (44 mg/kg or a total of 3 g) and rifampin, the patient was cured and did not have to undergo radical surgery.
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1994, Vol 19, Issue 2, p313
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article