Treatment of Mucormycosis with Liposomal Amphotericin B, Posaconazole and Deferasirox: A Case Report

Abstract

In this paper, we present a 69 years old diabetic patient with mucormycosis who was succesfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B (LAMB), posaconazole and deferasirox despite having no adequate surgery. There was no relapse on 6 month post-treatment follow-up. We conclude that combination of antifungal antibiotics with deferasirox may be successful in the salvage therapy of mucormycosis especially in diabetic patients. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2016;6(1): 32-35

Keywords

• mucormycosis,treatment,diabetes mellitus,mucorales

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