Treatment of meningeal coccidioidomycosis with caspofungin [18]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 292-294

  Hsue, Gunther ^a   Napier, Joshua T ^a   Prince, Randall A ^b   Chi, Jingduan ^b   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides; Echinocandins; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; COMPLEMENT FIXING ANTIBODY; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANKLE PAIN; BACTEREMIA; BONE PAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DELUSION; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; SKIN ABSCESS;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 3543123060     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh306     Document Type: Letter

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