Successful treatment with voriconazole of prolonged Paecilomyces lilacinus fungemia in a chronic hemodialyzed patient

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-358

  Labriola, L ^a   Vandercam, B ^a   Swinne, D ^b   Jadoul, Michel ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Paecilomyces lilacinus fungemia; Saprophytic mould; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDWELLING CATHETER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PAECILOMYCES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; PAECILOMYCES; PYRIMIDINES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 65549160148     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP71355     Document Type: Article

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