|
Title
|
|
|
|
Amphotericin B and lysine acetylsalicylate in the combined treatment of nasal polyposis associated with mycotic infection
| |
|
Author
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
| Background: Fungal infection may be secondary to nasal polyposis or represent a real etiopathogenic factor in the infection itself. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a combined treatment with lysine acetylsalicylate (LAS) and amphotericin B in preventing recurrence in patients with nasal polyposis with accompanying mycotic infection in comparison with a control group with nasal polyposis and fungal infection who did not receive antifungal therapy. Patients and Methods: A total of 115 patients with nasal polyposis were randomly assigned to 4 different groups and treated as follows: 1) group A, 25 patients were first surgically treated and then treated with LAS; 2) group B, 25 patients received 40 mg of triamcinolone retard intramuscularly 3 times every 10 days (total dose 120 mg) and then they were treated with LAS; 3) group C, 16 patients were surgically treated and then treated with LAS and amphotericin B; 4) group D: 23 patients were treated with a medical polypectomy and steroids (as in the group B) and then with LAS and amphotericin B. Results: We found no significant differences between groups C and D, groups C and A, or groups B and D. However, the recurrence of nasal polyps in the groups treated with amphotericin B plus LAS (C and D) was significantly lower (P = .018) than in the 2 groups treated only with LAS (A and B). Conclusion: Our results indicate that long term topical treatment with LAS and amphotericin B may be clinically effective in the treatment of patients with nasal polyposis associated with fungal infection. |
| |
|
Language
|
|
|
|
English
| |
|
Source (journal)
|
|
|
|
Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology : official organ of the International Association of Asthmology (INTERASMA) and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Alergia e Inmunologia / International Association of Asthmology. - Barcelona
| |
|
Publication
|
|
|
|
Barcelona
:
2006
| |
|
ISSN
|
|
|
|
1018-9068
| |
|
Volume/pages
|
|
|
|
16
:3
(2006)
, p. 188-193
| |
|