Breakthrough Saprochaete capitata infections in patients receiving echinocandins: Case report and review of the literature

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-418

  Schuermans, C ^a   Van Bergen, M ^a   Coorevits, L ^a   Verhaegen, J ^b   Lagrou, K ^b   Surmont, I ^a   Jeurissen, A ^a  

^a GZA St Augustinus ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

breakthrough infection; echinocandins; Saprochaete capitata

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMSACRINE; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IDARUBICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MICAFUNGIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; POSACONAZOLE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DESQUAMATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GEOTRICHUM; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; RASH; SAPROCHAETE CAPITATA;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; ECHINOCANDINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GEOTRICHOSIS; GEOTRICHUM; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

CAPITATA;

EID: 79954999838     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.535179     Document Type: Article

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