Successful treatment of azole-resistant chronic mucocutaneous candidosis with caspofungin [12]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 563-564

  Jayasinghe, Melany ^a   Schmidt, Sibylle ^a   Walker, Birgit ^a   Röcken, Martin ^a   Schaller, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, CHRONIC MUCOCUTANEOUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 33845648995     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0165     Document Type: Letter

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