A case of Candida glabrata severe urinary sepsis successfully treated with micafungin

Candida glabrata is frequently resistant to fluconazole, and in advanced renal failure the safe use of this and other recommended drugs is limited. We report a case of a 56 years-old diabetic woman with renal failure and severe urinary sepsis from C. glabrata successfully treated with micafungin.

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Autores principales: Pieralli, Filippo, Bazzini, Cristina, Vannucchi, Vieri, Mancini, Antonio, Nozzoli, Carlo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4052353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24936401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.04.003
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author Pieralli, Filippo
Bazzini, Cristina
Vannucchi, Vieri
Mancini, Antonio
Nozzoli, Carlo
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description Candida glabrata is frequently resistant to fluconazole, and in advanced renal failure the safe use of this and other recommended drugs is limited. We report a case of a 56 years-old diabetic woman with renal failure and severe urinary sepsis from C. glabrata successfully treated with micafungin.
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spelling pubmed-40523532014-06-16 A case of Candida glabrata severe urinary sepsis successfully treated with micafungin Pieralli, Filippo Bazzini, Cristina Vannucchi, Vieri Mancini, Antonio Nozzoli, Carlo Med Mycol Case Rep Article Candida glabrata is frequently resistant to fluconazole, and in advanced renal failure the safe use of this and other recommended drugs is limited. We report a case of a 56 years-old diabetic woman with renal failure and severe urinary sepsis from C. glabrata successfully treated with micafungin. Elsevier 2014-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4052353/ /pubmed/24936401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.04.003 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Vannucchi, Vieri
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A case of Candida glabrata severe urinary sepsis successfully treated with micafungin
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title_fullStr A case of Candida glabrata severe urinary sepsis successfully treated with micafungin
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4052353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24936401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.04.003
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