DOI

  • Nikolay N. Klimko
  • Sofya N. Khostelidi
  • Alisya G. Volkova
  • Marina O. Popova
  • Tatyana S. Bogomolova
  • Ludmila S. Zuborovskaya
  • Aleksey S. Kolbin
  • Nadezhda V. Medvedeva
  • Ilya S. Zuzgin
  • Sergey M. Simkin
  • Nataliya V. Vasilyeva
  • Boris V. Afanasiev

We prospectively observed 36 haematological patients with mucormycosis from nine hospitals of St. Petersburg during 2004-2013. The most frequent underlying diseases were acute leukaemia (64%), and main risk factors were prolonged neutropenia (92%) and lymphocytopenia (86%). In 50% of the patients, mucormycosis was diagnosed 1-65 days after invasive aspergillosis. Main clinical form of mucormycosis was pulmonary (64%), while two or more organ involvement was noted in 50% of the cases. The most frequent aetiological agents of mucormycosis were Rhizopus spp. (48%). Twelve-week survival rate was 50%. Combination therapy (echinocandins + amphotericin B forms) and recovery from the underlying disease significantly improved the survival rate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-96
Number of pages6
JournalMycoses
Volume57
Issue numbers3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2014

    Scopus subject areas

  • Dermatology
  • Infectious Diseases

    Research areas

  • Acute leukaemia, Haematological malignancy, Lichtheimia corymbifera, Mucormycosis, Pulmonary mucormycosis, Skin and soft tissue

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