A case of resistant pulmonary and cerebral aspergillosis succesfully treated with voriconazole

UÇAN E. S., AVKAN OĞUZ V., Gungor O., Gulsen A., Uggural Sezak N., TERTEMİZ K. C., ...Daha Fazla

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, cilt.54, sa.1, ss.75-79, 2006 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 54 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.75-79
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Voriconazole, intracerebral aspergillosis, immunosupression
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is the most common fungal pulmonary infection in immunocompromised patients. In this disease, it is hard to diagnose, it's therapy process is variable and mortality is high. Prognosis is even worse in the cases which have cerebral aspergillosis. The patient was following up as a diagnosis of usual interstitial pneumonia and treating with corticosteroids and azothiopurine. Patient attented our clinic with headache and lose of vision. IPA and cerebral aspergillosis was the diagnosis as his examinations. Amphotericine B lipid complex treatment were given because of pulmonary and cerebral aspergillosis. Voriconazole was the second threapy because of the no response. Voriconazole is more effective in cerebral aspergillozis and treated this patient succesfully.