Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with chronic disseminated candidiasis who need adjuvant corticosteroid therapy
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Adjuvant corticosteroid therapy for chronic disseminated candidiasis.
BACKGROUND Chronic disseminated candidiasis (CDC) is typically observed during neutrophil recovery in patients with acute leukemia and requires protracted antifungal therapy. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to document the efficacy and tolerance of corticosteroid therapy (CST) in patients with symptomatic CDC, including those who experienced fever and abdominal pain despite ongoing antifungal the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Mycology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1369-3786,1460-2709
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myx110