Treatment of chronic invasive fungal sinusitis with voriconazole in an HIV patient
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Treatment of chronic invasive fungal sinusitis with voriconazole in an HIV patient
Purpose of the study Chronic invasive fungal sinusitis is a rare condition, and the conventional treatment surgical debridement and systemic antifungal therapy such as amphotericin B. Recently, voriconazole has demonstrated superior efficacy in the treatment of invasive aspergillosis, compared to amphotericin B. However, its use in invasive fungal sinusitis in an HIV patient has not been reported.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International AIDS Society
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1758-2652,1758-2652
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-s4-p190