Rhizopus oryzae skin infection treated with posaconazole in a boy with chronic granulomatous disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 578-

  Wildenbeest, Joanne G ^a   Oomen, Matthijs W ^a   Brüggemann, Roger J ^b   De Boer, Martin ^c   Bijleveld, Yuma ^d   Van Den Berg, J Merlijn ^a   Kuijpers, Taco W ^a   Pajkrt, Dasja ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; POSACONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXCISION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; COMPLICATION; DERMATOMYCOSES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RHIZOPUS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; RHIZOPUS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 77953146615     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181dc8352     Document Type: Letter

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