Feys Simon, Dedeurwaerdere Franceska, Lagrou Katrien, Van Lerbeirghe Jeroen, Deeren Dries
Medical Intensive Care Unit, UZ Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
J Fungi (Basel). 2023 Mar 7;9(3):327. doi: 10.3390/jof9030327.
We report the case of a 32-year-old man receiving chemotherapeutics for an acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia who developed proven cerebral and pulmonary aspergillosis with . Because of progressive fungal disease with neurological deterioration despite adequate systemic antifungal therapy and surgical debridement, intracerebral administration of liposomal amphotericin B was initiated at 5 mg twice weekly. This led to improvement of the cerebral infection. Surgical debridement of a pleural empyema was necessary, and pleural trough level of isavuconazole was found to be subtherapeutic despite adequate blood trough levels, which led us to increase the dose of isavuconazole. We conclude that intralesional amphotericin B might be beneficial at 5 mg twice weekly in cerebral aspergillosis if systemic antifungals and surgical debridement fail. In empyema, measurement of pleural isavuconazole trough levels should be considered.
我们报告了一例32岁男性病例,该患者因急性B淋巴细胞白血病接受化疗,并发经证实的脑和肺曲霉菌病。尽管进行了充分的全身抗真菌治疗和手术清创,但由于真菌疾病进展且伴有神经功能恶化,遂开始每周两次脑内给予5mg脂质体两性霉素B。这使脑感染情况得到改善。对胸膜积脓进行手术清创是必要的,尽管血药谷浓度足够,但发现胸膜腔内的艾沙康唑谷浓度低于治疗水平,这促使我们增加了艾沙康唑的剂量。我们得出结论,如果全身抗真菌药物和手术清创失败,每周两次脑内给予5mg两性霉素B可能对脑曲霉菌病有益。对于胸膜积脓,应考虑测量胸膜腔内艾沙康唑的谷浓度。