Paecilomyces lilacinus peritonitis complicating peritoneal dialysis cured by oral voriconazole and terbinafine combination therapy

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1581-1584

  Chang, Brian Pin Hsuan ^a   Sun, Pei Lun ^a   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a,b   Tsai, Tsuen Chiuan ^b   Lin, Chun Chen ^a   Lee, Ming Dar ^a   Chen, Yee Chun ^c   Sheu, Jin Cherng ^a   Tsai, Jeng Daw ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIALYSATE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FUNGAL PERITONITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PERITONEUM EFFLUENT ANALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; NAPHTHALENES; PAECILOMYCES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS; PYRIMIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 57749169286     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001149-0     Document Type: Article

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