Recurrent Acremonium infection in a kidney transplant patient treated with voriconazole: a case report Infecção recidivante por Acremonium em paciente transplantado renal tratado com voriconazol: relato de caso
Acremonium infection is rare and associated with immunosuppression. A case of recurrent cutaneous Acremonium infection after short term voriconazole use is described. Surgical resection was the definitive therapy. Oral voriconazole was used in the treatment of Acremonium infection, but recurrence wa...
Main Authors: | Felipe Francisco Tuon, Carolina Pozzi, Sergio Ricardo Penteado-Filho, Ricardo Benvenutti, Fabiana Loss de Carvalho Contieri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2010-08-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822010000400028 |
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