Intraocular penetration of voriconazole and caspofungin in a patient with fungal endophthalmitis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 877-878

  Spriet, Isabel ^a   Delaere, Lien ^a   Lagrou, Katrien ^a   Peetermans, Willy E ^a   Maertens, Johan ^a   Willems, Ludo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Eye infection; Ocular penetration

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CASPOFUNGIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; LETTER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ECHINOCANDINS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 70349467472     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp306     Document Type: Letter

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