Isavuconazole as salvage therapy for mucormycosis
Mucormycosis carries a high mortality rate with few therapeutic options available. We describe a man with pulmonary/splenic mucormycosis complicating hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome on a background of chronic kidney disease, who achieved a complete response with salvage isavuconazole therapy fo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-03-01
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Series: | Medical Mycology Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753916300082 |