Gabriele Cavazza, Cristina Motto, Caroline Regna-Gladin, Giovanna Travi, Elisa Di Gennaro, Francesco Peracchi, Bianca Monti, Nicolò Corti, Rosa Greco, Periana Minga, Marta Riva, Sara Rimoldi, Marta Vecchi, Carlotta Rogati, Davide Motta, Annamaria Pazzi, Chiara Vismara, Laura Bandiera, Fulvio Crippa, Valentina Mancini, Maria Sessa, Chiara Oltolini, Roberto Cairoli, Massimo Puoti
Central nervous system (CNS) lesions, especially invasive fungal diseases (IFDs), in immunocompromised patients pose a great challenge in diagnosis and treatment. We report the case of a 48-year-old man with acute myeloid leukaemia and probable pulmonary aspergillosis, who developed hyposthenia of the left upper limb, after achieving leukaemia remission and while on voriconazole. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed oedematous CNS lesions with a haemorrhagic component in the right hemisphere with lepto-meningitis...
April 24, 2024: Antibiotics