Case of fatal Blastoschizomyces capitatus infection occurring in a patient receiving empiric micafungin therapy.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 53(12): 5306-7, 2009 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19738005
We report the first case, to our knowledge, of Blastoschizomyces capitatus infection occurring in a patient receiving empirical echinocandin therapy for neutropenic fevers. Clinicians should consider B. capitatus infection in those neutropenic patients who remain febrile despite echinocandin therapy or who develop yeast bloodstream infections while receiving an echinocandin.
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Assunto principal:
Equinocandinas
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Lipopeptídeos
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Geotricose
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Geotrichum
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Antifúngicos
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Neutropenia
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos