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Aspergillus Fumigatus Empyema, Arthritis, and Calcaneal Osteomyelitis in a Lung Transplant Patient Successfully Treated with Posaconazole

Overview
Journal J Clin Microbiol
Specialty Microbiology
Date 2004 Mar 9
PMID 15004125
Citations 11
Authors
Barbara Alexander Lodge
Elizabeth Dodds Ashley
Mark P Steele
John R Perfect
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Abstract

A 64-year-old male with Aspergillus fumigatus infection that had disseminated from the lung to the ankle and adjacent bone was treated successfully with posaconazole after therapy with itraconazole and amphotericin B lipid complex failed. Marked clinical improvement occurred within 6 weeks of initiation of posaconazole therapy; after 6 months, infection had resolved at all sites. The patient has had no recurrence of infection.

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