Use of the echinocandins (Caspofungin) in the treatment of disseminated coccidioidomycosis in a renal transplant recipient [7]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 879-880

  Antony, Suresh ^a  

^a TX Tech University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN B DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 4544291668     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423811     Document Type: Letter

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