Cutaneous Hyphomycosis Due to Paecilomyces lilacinus
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Progressive cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus: rapid response to treatment with caspofungin and itraconazole.
A case of rapidly progressive cutaneous infection due to Paecilomyces lilacinus developed in a woman with advanced pancreatic cancer who did not have granulocytopenia. The infection responded favorably to caspofungin and itraconazole combination therapy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato Venereologica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1179