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Clinical Study The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2018

Multimodal Treatment of Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis in a Pediatric Patient With Relapsed Pre-B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Dworsky ZD, Bradley JS, Brigger MT, Pong AL, Kuo DJ — The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2018

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers detailed the multimodal treatment approach for a 17-year-old girl with relapsed pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who developed invasive rhinocerebral mucormycosis.

What They Found

After a 3-month intensive multimodal treatment course, the 17-year-old patient's rhinocerebral mucormycosis was brought under appropriate control. This allowed her to proceed with a hematopoietic stem cell transplant for her leukaemia, with continued intravenous antifungal therapy planned.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was conducted outside of Canada.

Study Limitations

As a case report describing a single patient, the findings of this study are not generalizable to a broader population.

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Study Details

Study Type Clinical Study
Category Wound Care
Source Pubmed
PubMed ID 29189615
Year Published 2018
Journal The Pediatric infectious disease journal
MeSH Terms Adolescent; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Brain; Brain Diseases; Combined Modality Therapy; Drug Therapy; Female; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Immunocompromised Host; Mucormycosis; Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Recurrence; Treatment Outcome

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