Postrenal transplant renopulmonary zygomycosis with vascular aneurysms responded to surgical treatment and salvage therapy with posaconazole after failure to respond to liposomal amphotericin

BACKGROUND: Zygomycosis is a difficult to treat and frequently fatal infection affecting immunocompromised and (rarely) immunocompetent patients. It requires a multifaceted approach involving elimination of predisposing factors, surgical debridement, and antifungal therapy. CASE REPORT: We report th...

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Autores principales: Al Maskari, Zaina, Al Lawatia, Faryal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23569529
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.883333

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23569529
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.883333

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