Successful Treatment of Disseminated Anncaliia algerae Microsporidial Infection With Combination Fumagillin and Albendazole

Boileau, Mélissa; Ferreira, José; Ahmad, Imran; Lavallée, Christian; Qvarnstrom, Yvonne; Dufresne, Simon F.

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofw158

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Successful Treatment of Disseminated Anncaliia algerae Microsporidial Infection With Combination Fumagillin and Albendazole

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Jul 29 2016

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw158 New Site Icon

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Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016; 3(3).

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27704013

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PMC5047403

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Anncaliia algerae myositis is a life-threatening, emerging microsporidiosis among immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of disseminated A algerae infection in a man previously treated with alemtuzumab. Due to failure of albendazole-based therapy, fumagillin was added as a novel approach to management, with a good clinical response and patient survival.

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