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Table 4<br />

Case Reports of Unusual Fungal Infections Treated with Growth Factors or Cytokines as Adjunctive Therapy<br />

Infection Predisposing conditions Therapy Outcome Ref. no.<br />

Blastoschizomyces capitis Neutropenia, myelosuppressive therapy <strong>for</strong> leukemia AmB and GM-CSF Cured (60)<br />

Disseminated Fusarium Neutropenia, myelosuppressive therapy <strong>for</strong> leukemia AmB, 5-FC, GM-CSF Remission (96)<br />

Cutaneous mucormycosis Neutropenia, aplastic anemia, bone marrow transplantation AmB, surgical debridement, Cured (97)<br />

(Absidia corymbifera) G-CSF<br />

Pulmonary mucormycosis Neutropenia, myelosuppressive therapy <strong>for</strong> leukemia AmB, 5-FC, miconazole, Cured (98)<br />

pneumonectomy, G-CSF<br />

Sinonasal mucormycosis Neutropenia, myelosuppressive therapy <strong>for</strong> lymphoma AmB, itraconazole, surgical Cured (99)<br />

(Scopulariopsis candida) debridement, G-CSF<br />

Paecilomyces varioti Chronic granulomatous disease AmB, itraconazole, IFN-� Cured (100,101)<br />

Pseudallescheria boydii Chronic granulomatous disease Miconazole, IFN-� Cured (53)<br />

Trichosporonosis Neutropenia, myelosuppressive therapy <strong>for</strong> leukemia AmB, G-CSF Cured (102)<br />

(Trichosporon beigelii)<br />

Trichosporonosis Neutropenia, myelosuppressive therapy <strong>for</strong> multiple AmB, G-CSF Died (103)<br />

(Trichosporon beigelii) myeloma<br />

Disseminated zygomycosis Aplastic anemia, cyclosporin, antithymocyte globulin AmB, G-CSF Remission (104)<br />

(Rhizomucor pusillus)<br />

Abbreviations: AmB, amphotericin B; 5-FC, 5-fluorocytosine; CSF, colony-stimulating factor; G, granulocyte; M, macrophage; IFN-�, interferon-�.

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