Successful treatment of chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis caused by azole-resistant Candida albicans with posaconazole

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Firinu, Davide ^a   Massidda, Orietta ^b   Lorrai, Maria Maddalena ^a   Serusi, Loredana ^a   Peralta, Monica ^a   Barca, Maria Pina ^a   Serra, Paolo ^a   Manconi, Paolo Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; IMMUNOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, CHRONIC MUCOCUTANEOUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 79251573827     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: 17402530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/283239     Document Type: Article

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