Adjunctive antibacterial agents as a salvage therapy in relapsed vascular pythiosis patients.
Azithromycin
Clarithromycin
Doxycycline
Vascular pythiosis
Voriconazole
Journal
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1878-3511
Titre abrégé: Int J Infect Dis
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 9610933
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2019
Nov 2019
Historique:
received:
01
08
2019
revised:
27
08
2019
accepted:
28
08
2019
pubmed:
8
9
2019
medline:
29
1
2020
entrez:
8
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Human vascular pythiosis is a life-threatening condition caused by Pythium insidiosum. Patients with unresectable intra-abdominal artery involvement have not previously survived, despite being treated with antifungal agents and immunotherapy. We report two novel cases of intra-abdominal pythiosis in patients for whom surgery could not be performed, who were successfully treated with adjunctive antibacterial agents.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31493524
pii: S1201-9712(19)30358-3
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.08.032
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Antifungal Agents
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
27-30Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.