Voriconazole proves effective in long-term treatment of a cerebral cryptococcoma in a chronic nephropathic HIV-negative patient, after fluconazole failure

Mycopathologia

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-171

  Sabbatani, S ^a   Manfredi, R ^a   Pavoni, M ^a   Consales, A ^b   Chiodo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

antifungal treatment; brain abscess; Cryptococcus neoformans; homocystinuria; kidney failure; neuroimaging; voriconazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLUCONAZOLE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 4544318239     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000041904.71381.e3     Document Type: Article

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