Table 2.
Summary of cases caused by Acremonium kiliense infectiona
| Reference | Country | Yr | Age/Sex | Underlying condition | Site(s) of disease or type of infection | Treatment | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacaz et al. (15) | Brazil | 1981 | 47 yr/M | Prosthetic heart valve | Heart, brain | Surgery, AB (local) + FC | Died |
| Brabender et al. 4 | USA | 1985 | 35 yr/M | Head trauma | Head (osteomyelitis) | Surgical debridement (craniectomy), AB, KE | Cured |
| Lacroix et al. (17) | France | 1988 | 32 yr/F | Myeloma with large tumor burden | Septicemia, blood, catheter, feces? | AB, FL, NYS | Cured |
| Simon et al. (35) | Hungary | 1991 | 11 yr/M | Esophagus stenosis | Mycotic esophagitis | IT, NTM, NYS, surgery | Cured |
| Venugopal and Venugopal (37) | India | 1995 | 24 yr/M | Trauma | Right foot | KE | Cured |
| 36 yr/M | Not indicated | Back and perineum | KE, debridement | Cured | |||
| Lopez et al. (20) | Brazil | 1995 | 4 yr/M | None | Scalp | EC, systemic griseofulvin | Cured |
| Fridkin et al. (8)b | USA | 1996 | 73 yr/F | Cataract extraction | Endophthalmitis | FL topically, orally, AB intravitreously | Cured |
| 57 yr/M | Cataract extraction (postoperative) | Eyes | FL topically and orally, AB intravitreously | Cured | |||
| 88 yr/F | Cataract extraction | Eyes | FL topically and orally, AB intravitreously | Cured | |||
| 81 yr/F | Cataract extraction | Eyes | AB intravitreously, FL orally | Not cured | |||
| Le Guen et al. (19) | France | 1997 | 73 yr/M | Corneal ulcers | Keratomycosis | KE, AB by ocular instillation | Cured |
| Lacaz et al. (16) | Brazil | 1999 | ?/M | NA | Podalic mycetoma | IT | Cured |
| Gupta et al. (11) | India | 2003 | NA | Cataract surgery | Endophthalmitis | Surgery, AB | Cured |
| Pastorino et al. (29) | Brazil | 2005 | 25 days/M | CGD | Pneumonia | IT (6 wk) | Cured |
| Negroni et al. (26) | Argentina | 2006 | NA | NA | Mycetoma | KE, IT | Cured |
| Albrecht et al. (2) | Argentina | 2007 | 18 yr/M | Trauma | Onychomycosis | 8% ciclopirox nail solution, IT orally | Cured |
| Das et al. (6) | India | 2010 | 46 yr/M | Type 2 diabetes | Nodular swelling in soles, toenail | FL, TER | Cured |
a
Abbreviations: AB, amphotericin B; EC, econazole; FC, 5-fluorocytosine; FL, fluconazole; IT, itraconazole; KE, ketoconazole; NA, not available; NTM, natamycin; NYS, nystatin; s.c., subcutaneously; TER, terbinafine; CGD, chronic granulomatous disease.
b
The management of these cases was apparently described by Weissgold et al. (39).