Successful treatment of Cryptococcus neoformans immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an immunocompetent host using thalidomide

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) can complicate antifungal treatment of cryptococcosis. There are limited data on managing cryptococcal-associated IRIS. We describe an immunocompetent patient who developed IRIS complicating Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis, successfully treated w...

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Autores principales: Somerville, Lucy K., Henderson, Andrew P., Chen, Sharon C.A., Kok, Jen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.12.003

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