Successful treatment with echinocandin in an HIV-infected individual failing first-line therapy for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2192-2193

  Ceballos, M Elena ^a   Ortega, Marcos ^a   Andresen, Max ^b   Wozniak, Aniela ^c   García, Patricia ^c   Balcells, M Elvira ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Departamento de Medicina Intensiva   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ECHINOCANDIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ECHINOCANDINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055025881     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834c4c3c     Document Type: Letter

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