Successful second allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in a relapsed acute myeloid leukemia patient with fungal liver abscess
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Disseminated fungal infection not infrequently complicates the course of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo BMT) in severely immunocompromised patients, and the prognosis of BMT patients who develop systemic fungal infection is very poor. We describe a patient who developed disseminatedCandida albicans infection with liver abscess after the first allo BMT for acute myelogenous leukemia (FAB M2). The infection was successfully eradicated by the administration of miconazole and amphotericin B. However, 1 year after the first allo BMT, the patient suffered a relapse of acute myelogenous leukemia with fungal liver abscess. A second allo BMT, accelerating granulocyte recovery by recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF), was successfully performed and the fungal liver abscess resolved with a combination therapy of fluconazole and amphotericin B. The patient is alive and free of both leukemia and fungal disease more than 37 months after the first allo BMT and 25 months after the second allo BMT.
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Bone marrow transplantation Fungal infection rhG-CSFPreview
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