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Gamaletsou MN, Rammaert B, Brause B, Bueno MA, Dadwal SS, Henry MW, Katragkou A, Kontoyiannis DP, McCarthy MW, Miller AO, Moriyama B, Pana ZD, Petraitiene R, Petraitis V, Roilides E, Sarkis JP, Simitsopoulou M, Sipsas NV, Taj-Aldeen SJ, Zeller V, Lortholary O, Walsh TJ. Osteoarticular Mycoses. Clin Microbiol Rev 2022; 35:e0008619. [PMID: 36448782 PMCID: PMC9769674 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00086-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Osteoarticular mycoses are chronic debilitating infections that require extended courses of antifungal therapy and may warrant expert surgical intervention. As there has been no comprehensive review of these diseases, the International Consortium for Osteoarticular Mycoses prepared a definitive treatise for this important class of infections. Among the etiologies of osteoarticular mycoses are Candida spp., Aspergillus spp., Mucorales, dematiaceous fungi, non-Aspergillus hyaline molds, and endemic mycoses, including those caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Coccidioides species. This review analyzes the history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnostic approaches, inflammatory biomarkers, diagnostic imaging modalities, treatments, and outcomes of osteomyelitis and septic arthritis caused by these organisms. Candida osteomyelitis and Candida arthritis are associated with greater events of hematogenous dissemination than those of most other osteoarticular mycoses. Traumatic inoculation is more commonly associated with osteoarticular mycoses caused by Aspergillus and non-Aspergillus molds. Synovial fluid cultures are highly sensitive in the detection of Candida and Aspergillus arthritis. Relapsed infection, particularly in Candida arthritis, may develop in relation to an inadequate duration of therapy. Overall mortality reflects survival from disseminated infection and underlying host factors.
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- Maria N. Gamaletsou
- Laiko General Hospital of Athens and Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Université de Poitiers, Faculté de médecine, CHU de Poitiers, INSERM U1070, Poitiers, France
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- Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Far Eastern University-Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Manilla, Philippines
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- Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- The Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
- New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
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- Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laiko General Hospital of Athens and Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses-Croix Saint-Simon, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Faculté de Médecine, APHP, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, CNRS UMR 2000, Paris, France
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- Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
- New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
- Center for Innovative Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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K-L Lo C, Wilson EW. Aspergillus fumigatus sternal osteomyelitis following cardiac surgery: Case report and literature review. JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE CANADA = JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE L'ASSOCIATION POUR LA MICROBIOLOGIE MEDICALE ET L'INFECTIOLOGIE CANADA 2022; 7:269-278. [PMID: 36337597 PMCID: PMC9629732 DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2021-0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus spp is uncommon in cardiac surgery patients requiring sternotomy. CASE PRESENTATION We report a 77-year-old male with a history of poorly controlled diabetes who was diagnosed with Aspergillus sternal osteomyelitis, three months following an uneventful coronary artery bypass surgery. He underwent multiple debridement surgeries and was treated with voriconazole. Despite a complicated post-operative course, the patient responded well to voriconazole with clinical and biochemical evidence of remission. Unfortunately, he died of an unrelated cause due to decompensated heart failure. DISCUSSION Though uncommon, Aspergillus sternal osteomyelitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of immunocompetent patients with post-operative sternal wound infections and negative bacterial tissue cultures. Management should include a combination of medical and surgical therapy.
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- Carson K-L Lo
- Division of Infectious Diseases, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Aspergillus osteomyelitis: epidemiology, clinical manifestations, management, and outcome. J Infect 2013; 68:478-93. [PMID: 24378282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of Aspergillus osteomyelitis are not well understood. METHODS Protocol-defined cases of Aspergillus osteomyelitis published in the English literature were reviewed for comorbidities, microbiology, mechanisms of infection, clinical manifestations, radiological findings, inflammatory biomarkers, antifungal therapy, and outcome. RESULTS Among 180 evaluable patients, 127 (71%) were males. Possible predisposing medical conditions in 103 (57%) included pharmacological immunosuppression, primary immunodeficiency, and neutropenia. Seventy-three others (41%) had prior open fracture, trauma or surgery. Eighty (44%) followed a hematogenous mechanism, 58 (32%) contiguous infections, and 42 (23%) direct inoculation. Aspergillus osteomyelitis was the first manifestation of aspergillosis in 77%. Pain and tenderness were present in 80%. The most frequently infected sites were vertebrae (46%), cranium (23%), ribs (16%), and long bones (13%). Patients with vertebral Aspergillus osteomyelitis had more previous orthopedic surgery (19% vs 0%; P = 0.02), while those with cranial osteomyelitis had more diabetes mellitus (32% vs 8%; P = 0.002) and prior head/neck surgery (12% vs 0%; P = 0.02). Radiologic findings included osteolysis, soft-tissue extension, and uptake on T2-weighted images. Vertebral body Aspergillus osteomyelitis was complicated by spinal-cord compression in 47% and neurological deficits in 41%. Forty-four patients (24%) received only antifungal therapy, while 121 (67%) were managed with surgery and antifungal therapy. Overall mortality was 25%. Median duration of therapy was 90 days (range, 10-772 days). There were fewer relapses in patients managed with surgery plus antifungal therapy in comparison to those managed with antifungal therapy alone (8% vs 30%; P = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS Aspergillus osteomyelitis is a debilitating infection affecting both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. The most common sites are vertebrae, ribs, and cranium. Based upon this comprehensive review, management of Aspergillus osteomyelitis optimally includes antifungal therapy and selective surgery to avoid relapse and to achieve a complete response.
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Gabrielli E, Fothergill AW, Brescini L, Sutton DA, Marchionni E, Orsetti E, Staffolani S, Castelli P, Gesuita R, Barchiesi F. Osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus species: a review of 310 reported cases. Clin Microbiol Infect 2013; 20:559-65. [PMID: 24303995 DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Revised: 08/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aspergillus osteomyelitis is a rare infection. We reviewed 310 individual cases reported in the literature from 1936 to 2013. The median age of patients was 43 years (range, 0-86 years), and 59% were males. Comorbidities associated with this infection included chronic granulomatous disease (19%), haematological malignancies (11%), transplantation (11%), diabetes (6%), pulmonary disease (4%), steroid therapy (4%), and human immunodeficiency virus infection (4%). Sites of infection included the spine (49%), base of the skull, paranasal sinuses and jaw (18%), ribs (9%), long bones (9%), sternum (5%), and chest wall (4%). The most common infecting species were Aspergillus fumigatus (55%), Aspergillus flavus (12%), and Aspergillus nidulans (7%). Sixty-two per cent of the individual cases were treated with a combination of an antifungal regimen and surgery. Amphotericin B was the antifungal drug most commonly used, followed by itraconazole and voriconazole. Several combination or sequential therapies were also used experimentally. The overall crude mortality rate was 25%.
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- E Gabrielli
- Clinica Malattie Infettive, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Asare KA, Jahng M, Pincus JL, Massie L, Lee SA. Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus following cardiac surgery: Case and review. Med Mycol Case Rep 2012; 2:4-6. [PMID: 24432203 DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Postsurgical sternal wound infection is a serious post-operative complication of cardiac surgery. Aspergillus infection of the sternum is extremely rare. We describe a case of sternal infection due to Aspergillus in an immunocompetent patient following aortic valve replacement.
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- Kingsley A Asare
- New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA ; Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA ; Division of Pathology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA ; Division of Pathology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA ; Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Jensen J, Guinea J, Torres-Narbona M, Muñoz P, Peláez T, Bouza E. Post-surgical invasive aspergillosis: An uncommon and under-appreciated entity. J Infect 2010; 60:162-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2009] [Revised: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 11/08/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kronman MP, Baden HP, Jeffries HE, Heath J, Cohen GA, Zerr DM. An investigation of Aspergillus cardiac surgical site infections in 3 pediatric patients. Am J Infect Control 2007; 35:332-7. [PMID: 17577481 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Revised: 10/10/2006] [Accepted: 10/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Within a 3-month period, 3 pediatric patients at our hospital developed Aspergillus surgical site infections after undergoing cardiac surgery. METHODS A multidisciplinary team conducted an epidemiologic review of the 3 patients and their infections, operative and postoperative patient care delivery, and routine maintenance of hospital equipment and air-filtration systems and investigated potential environmental exposures within the hospital that may have contributed to the development of these infections. RESULTS Review of the patients and their infections, operative and postoperative patient care delivery, and routine maintenance did not reveal a source for infection. Inspection of operating room (OR) facilities identified several areas in need of repair. Of the 58 samples of air and equipment exhaust in the ORs and patient care areas, 11 revealed 2 to 4 colony-forming units of various Aspergillus species per cubic meter of air, and the remaining 47 samples were negative for Aspergillus. Eighty-three samples of surfaces and equipment water reservoirs were obtained from the OR and patient care areas. One culture of a soiled liquid nitrogen tank housed between the 2 cardiac ORs revealed 13 colony-forming units of Aspergillus. CONCLUSION No definitive source was identified, although a soiled liquid nitrogen tank contaminated with Aspergillus and kept near the OR was found and could have been a possible source.
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- Matthew P Kronman
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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While invasive aspergillosis occurs typically in severely immunocompromised patients, cases of surgical site infection have been reported in immunocompetent individuals. The Medline, LILACS and EMBASE databases were searched for descriptions of cases of post-operative aspergillosis, and references from relevant articles and conference abstracts were reviewed. More than 500 cases of post-operative aspergillosis were found. Cardiac surgery (n = 188), ophthalmological surgery (n > 90) and dental surgery (n > 100) were associated with the majority of cases. Other cases involved wound infections (n = 22), bronchial infections (n = 30), mediastinitis (n = 11), pleural aspergillosis (n = 1), infections following orthopaedic surgery (n = 42), vascular prosthetic surgery (n = 22), breast surgery (n = 5), abdominal surgery (n = 10) and neurosurgery (n = 25). In most patients, the source was presumed to be airborne infection during the surgical procedure. Prevention of these infections requires special care of the ventilation system in the operating room. Successful treatment requires rapid diagnosis, surgical debridement and antifungal therapy, often with voriconazole. In order to improve the outcome, better diagnostic methods are needed, particularly for cases of endocarditis and aortitis.
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- A C Pasqualotto
- School of Medicine, The University of Manchester and Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
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Kirby A, Hassan I, Burnie J. Recommendations for managing Aspergillus osteomyelitis and joint infections based on a review of the literature. J Infect 2006; 52:405-14. [PMID: 16239033 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To produce recommendations for the management of Aspergillus osteomyelitis and joint infections. METHODS Published literature was surveyed to identify both case reports of Aspergillus osteomyelitis and joint infections and anti-fungal pharmacology of anti-fungal agents. Included in the pharmacological review was an assessment of new and investigational anti-fungals to consider their potential role in the management of this infection. RESULTS Successful treatments, identified from the cases reviewed, were based on combination anti-fungal therapy with one agent having good bone penetration and one having reliable anti-Aspergillus activity. CONCLUSIONS For the management of serious Aspergillus osteomyleitis/joint infections amphotericin B in combination with flucytosine is recommended. A number of second line treatment combinations are identified. Monotherapy is appropriate with an azole in clinically stable patients.
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- Andrew Kirby
- Department of Microbiology, Clinical Sciences Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
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Hope WW, Walsh TJ, Denning DW. The invasive and saprophytic syndromes due to Aspergillus spp. Med Mycol 2005; 43 Suppl 1:S207-38. [PMID: 16110814 DOI: 10.1080/13693780400025179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Aspergillus spp. produce a wide range of invasive and sapropytic syndromes which may involve any tissue. Within a given tissue or organ the pathology and pathogenesis varies enormously, ranging from angioinvasive disease to noninvasive saprophytic disease. The individual invasive and saprophytic syndromes in which a causative role can be attributed to Aspergillus spp. are detailed specifically with reference to the underlying pathology and pathogenesis, the clinical setting and features, and the manner in which a diagnosis can be established.
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- W W Hope
- University of Manchester and Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester UK
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Paterson DL. New clinical presentations of invasive aspergillosis in non-conventional hosts. Clin Microbiol Infect 2004; 10 Suppl 1:24-30. [PMID: 14748800 DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9465.2004.00840.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Infections by Aspergillus spp. are most typically associated with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. However, an increasing number of reports deal with unusual manifestations of invasive aspergillosis. In the lung this may take the form of chronic invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, bronchocentric granulomatosis or tracehobronchitis. A number of extrapulmonary infections have been noted, sometimes in immunocompetent individuals. Examples include vertebral osteomyelitis, primary cutaneous aspergillosis (such as in premature neonates), prosthetic vascular graft infection and infective endocarditis. Early recognition of these entities, prompt initiation of new, highly active antifungal therapies and adjunctive surgical management may improve the prognosis of these conditions.
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- D L Paterson
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Suite 3A, Falk Medical Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Stratov I, Korman TM, Johnson PDR. Management of Aspergillus osteomyelitis: report of failure of liposomal amphotericin B and response to voriconazole in an immunocompetent host and literature review. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2003; 22:277-83. [PMID: 12734721 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0909-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Presented here is a case of Aspergillus osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient that progressed despite surgery and prolonged treatment with liposomal amphotericin B; the report is followed by a review of the literature. The review of this case and 41 similar cases found an overall cure rate of 69%. The importance of surgery when amphotericin B is used as first-line therapy is indicated by a 14% cure rate when amphotericin B is used alone compared to 75% when combined with surgery. When therapy is failing or surgery is contraindicated, dose escalation using a lipid formulation was not effective. On review, the addition of another agent, in particular 5-fluorocytosine, appears to be more beneficial. The patient reported here responded rapidly to voriconazole, a promising new antifungal agent for Aspergillus infections.
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- I Stratov
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Vandecasteele SJ, Boelaert JR, Verrelst P, Graulus E, Gordts BZ. Diagnosis and treatment of Aspergillus flavus sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 35:887-90. [PMID: 12228828 DOI: 10.1086/342699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2002] [Revised: 05/21/2002] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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We report the clinical data for 9 patients affected during an outbreak of Aspergillus flavus sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery. In 7 patients, the infection had a locally invasive character, with 3 of these patients having multiple relapses; 2 patients had fulminant mediastinitis and died. Most patients received combined surgical and medical treatment.
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- S J Vandecasteele
- Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Allen D, Ng S, Beaton K, Taussig D. Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in a patient with previously treated Hodgkin's disease. J Clin Pathol 2002; 55:616-8. [PMID: 12147658 PMCID: PMC1769736 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.8.616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/14/2002] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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This report details the case of a 67 year old woman with sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus. She was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 1975 and was successfully treated with chemotherapy. A lobectomy for recurrence localised to the left lung was complicated nine years later by severe bronchiectasis, for which she required a total left sided pneumonectomy. At surgery, a non-invasive aspergillus was found. She presented eight years later with symptoms that were initially attributed to recurrence of Hodgkins's disease, but on investigation were found to be caused by fungal sternal osteomyelitis. Treatment with itraconazole suspension at a dose of 400 mg daily was successful.
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- D Allen
- Department of Haematological Oncology and Department of Microbiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
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