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Nonsurgical cure of isolated cerebral mucormycosis in an intravenous drug user

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The case of a 30-year-old, female, HIV-positive, intravenous drug user who suffered from isolated cerebral mucormycosis is reported. Treatment with amphotericin B at an accumulative dose of 5.5 grams led to significant recovery, and there was no recurrence of disease over a follow-up period of six months. Patients with isolated cerebral mucormycosis in whom surgery would be a high-risk or impossible procedure could be managed medically with prolonged courses of intravenous amphotericin B.

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  1. Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Division, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañön, Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28009, Madrid, Spain

    R. Blázquez, A. Pinedo, J. Cosín, P. Miralles, C. Lacruz & E. Bouza

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Blázquez, R., Pinedo, A., Cosín, J. et al. Nonsurgical cure of isolated cerebral mucormycosis in an intravenous drug user. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15, 598–599 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01709370

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