Posaconazole treatment of refractory eumycetoma and chromoblastomycosis Tratamento com posaconazol de casos de cromoblastomicose e micetoma maduromicótico resistentes a outros antifúngicos
Eumycetoma and chromoblastomycosis are chronic, disfiguring fungal infections of the subcutaneous tissue that rarely resolve spontaneously. Most patients do not achieve sustained long-term benefits from available treatments; therefore, new therapeutic options are needed. We evaluated the efficacy of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2005-12-01
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652005000600006 |