Case of Fatal Blastoschizomyces capitatus Infection Occurring in a Patient Receiving Empiric Micafungin Therapy

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...

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Main Authors: Chittick, Paul, Palavecino, Elizabeth L., Delashmitt, Brian, Evans, James, Peacock, James E.
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
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Clinical Therapeutics
Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2786321/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19738005
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00710-09
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