Usefulness of corticosteroid therapy during chronic disseminated candidiasis: case reports and literature review
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Usefulness of corticosteroid therapy during chronic disseminated candidiasis: case reports and literature review.
OBJECTIVES Chronic disseminated candidiasis (CDC) is a disseminated fungal infection that is frequently seen in patients undergoing intensive treatment of haematological malignancies. The first signs of CDC appear during neutrophil recovery. Clinical and physiopathological characteristics of CDC suggest it belongs to the spectrum of fungus-related immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IR...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0305-7453,1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks044