Successful Treatment of Brainstem Blastomycosis with Fluconazole
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Successful treatment of brainstem blastomycosis with fluconazole.
The lipid formulation of amphotericin B is the initial drug of choice for central nervous system blastomycosis, but it is costly and associated with significant toxicity. This case report details a patient with primary pulmonary blastomycosis with dissemination to the skin, one joint, and the brainstem that was successfully treated solely with high-dose fluconazole.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine & Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1539-4182,1554-6179
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2011.1023