Control of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with oral itraconazole in a bone marrow transplant patient

J Infect. 1992 Jan;24(1):73-9. doi: 10.1016/0163-4453(92)91066-k.

Abstract

Pulmonary aspergillosis following bone marrow transplantation carries a mortality of 94%, irrespective of current treatment. We treated a patient who had acquired aspergillosis some 80 days after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, with oral itraconazole, 600 mg daily. After initial deterioration, clinical and radiographic resolution occurred during 3 months of therapy despite severe graft-vs.-host and cytomegalovirus disease. Itraconazole should be considered for therapy of pulmonary aspergillosis in this and other immunocompromised settings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy*
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / complications
  • Hepatitis B / complications
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole
  • Ketoconazole / administration & dosage
  • Ketoconazole / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ketoconazole / therapeutic use
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy*
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / therapy

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Itraconazole
  • Ketoconazole