Successful treatment of relapsing disseminated coccidioidomycosis with cutaneous involvement with posaconazole;Erfolgreiche posaconazol-behandlung einer rezidivierenden disseminierten kokzidioidomykose mit kutaner manifestation

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-49

  Wollina, Uwe ^a,e   Hansel, Gesina ^a   Vennewald, Irina ^b   Schönlebe, Jacqueline ^c   Tintelnot, Kathrin ^d   Seibold, Michael ^d   Kittner, Thomas ^e  

^a Department of Dermatology and Allergy ^*

^b Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

^c Institute for Pathology Georg Schmorl

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coccidioides posadasii; Coccidioidomycosis; Posaconazole; Sarcoidosis; Triazoles

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; OMEPRAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 58149293609     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2008.06863.x     Document Type: Article

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