Successful treatment of C. auris shunt infection with intraventricular caspofungin

C. auris is an emerging fungal pathogen with high prevalence of resistance to current antifungal agents. Central nervous system infection with C. auris has been infrequently described. We describe here an adult with nosocomial CSF shunt infection due to multi drug resistant C. auris. Systemic therap...

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Main Authors: Tanu Singhal, Abhaya Kumar, Prashant Borade, Sweta Shah, Rajeev Soman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753918300800