Breakthrough Hormographiella aspergillata Infections Arising in Neutropenic Patients Treated Empirically with Caspofungin

Hormographiella aspergillata, a filamentous basidiomycete, has rarely been involved in human infections. We describe 2 febrile neutropenic patients who developed a severe pulmonary infection due to H. aspergillata while receiving empirical caspofungin therapy for presumed fungal pneumonia. After int...

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Main Authors: Suarez, Felipe, Olivier, Gaelle, Garcia-Hermoso, Dea, Randriamalala, Edouard, Ghez, David, Bruneau, Julie, Kauffmann-Lacroix, Catherine, Bougnoux, Marie-Elisabeth, Lortholary, Olivier
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2011
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020423/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21068290
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01213-10
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