Posaconazole for treatment of refractory invasive fungal disease.

ABSTRACT

Invasive fungal infections are usually associated with immunocompromised states About 40-60% of these patients are refractory to standard antifungal therapy We describe the effect of posaconazole in the treatment of a 12 years-old girl with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus with life-threatening cerebral mucor mycosis and a 4 year old girl boy with chronic granulomatous disease presenting with invasive Aspergillus nidulans infection.