The case of successful treatment of intestinal mucorosis in a patient with acute leukemia and review of literature

The case of successful treatment of intestinal mucorosis in a patient with acute leukemia and review of literature
Khostelidi S.N. (assistant of the chair), Zjuzgin I.S. (head of laboratory), Ruzhinskaya O.S. (hematologist),
Ryabykina O.E. (hematologist), Sedlitskiy R.R. (surgeon), Mihalchenko U.V. (surgeon), Shadrivova O.V. (postgraduate srudent), Korablina I.M. (head of the department), Bogomolova T.S. (head of laboratory),
Mikhaylova Yu.V. (scientific collaborator), Klimko N.N. (head of the chair)
Chair of Clinical Mycology, Allergology and Immunology of North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital, Kashkin Research Institute of Medical Mycology of North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, St. Petersburg, Russia

© Collective of authors, 2013

Mucorosis (zygomycosis) is the most severe mycotic infection in hematological patients. Overall survival rate of these patients is about 10-50%. We present the case of successful treatment of intestinal mucorosis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia (M5) who received cytoststic chemotherapy.

Key words: acute myeloid leukemia, amphotericin B, intestinal mucorosis, posaconazole

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