Success of posaconazole therapy in a heart transplanted patient with Alternaria infectoria cutaneous infection

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 518-521

  Rammaert, Blandine ^a   Aguilar, Claire ^a   Bougnoux, Marie Elisabeth ^a   Noël, Nicolas ^a   Charlier, Caroline ^a   Denis, Blandine ^a   Lecuit, Marc ^a,b   Lortholary, Olivier ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b Groupe Microorganismes et Barrières de l'Hôte   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Phaeohyphomycosis; Skin infectious diseases; Solid organ transplantation; Triazoles

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; SILVER NITRATE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA INFECTORIA; ALTERNARIA INFECTORIA CUTANEOUS INFECTION; ALTERNARIOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; SKIN BIOPSY;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIOSIS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84862185070     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.641165     Document Type: Article

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