Caspofungin as Salvage Therapy for Pneumocystis Pneumonia in a Heart Transplant Recipient

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a common opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. In general, clinical response to therapy with cotrimoxazole is excellent. However, therapy may be limited by side effects or treatment failure. We present a case of PCP in a 35-year-old male patient with...

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Autores principales: Abolghasemi, Sara, Sharif-Kashani, Babak, Naghashzadeh, Farah, Marjani, Majid, Moniri, Afshin, Doroudinia, Atousa, Tabarsi, Payam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30915138

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