Caspofungin for the treatment of less common forms of invasive candidiasis
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Caspofungin for the treatment of less common forms of invasive candidiasis.
OBJECTIVES Caspofungin has demonstrated efficacy in invasive candidiasis. However, in a comparative study, most patients (>83%) had candidaemia. Therefore, we performed a study in patients with non-fungaemic invasive candidiasis. PATIENTS AND METHODS Adults with proven non-fungaemic invasive candidiasis or probable chronic disseminated candidiasis (CDC) received caspofungin primary or salvage...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1460-2091,0305-7453
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm169