Micafungin in the treatment of candiduria: A case series

Echinocandin antifungal agents are not routinely recommended for the treatment of candiduria due to low urine concentrations and a paucity of clinical data supporting this indication. This report presents five cases describing the use of micafungin for the treatment of candiduria. Each patient recei...

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Autores principales: Kane, Lauren E., Muzevich, Katie M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26937340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.01.003
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description Echinocandin antifungal agents are not routinely recommended for the treatment of candiduria due to low urine concentrations and a paucity of clinical data supporting this indication. This report presents five cases describing the use of micafungin for the treatment of candiduria. Each patient received parenteral micafungin for a minimum of 6 days and had resolution of baseline fungal within 30 days of treatment completion.
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spelling pubmed-47528152016-03-02 Micafungin in the treatment of candiduria: A case series Kane, Lauren E. Muzevich, Katie M. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Echinocandin antifungal agents are not routinely recommended for the treatment of candiduria due to low urine concentrations and a paucity of clinical data supporting this indication. This report presents five cases describing the use of micafungin for the treatment of candiduria. Each patient received parenteral micafungin for a minimum of 6 days and had resolution of baseline fungal within 30 days of treatment completion. Elsevier 2016-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4752815/ /pubmed/26937340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.01.003 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26937340
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