Disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient treated with short course induction therapy

A 49- year old immunocompetent male presented with a right flank abscess and was found to have disseminated cryptococcal disease. Treatment was initiated with a one-week intravenous regime of amphotericin B and flucytosine based on recent trial data that this is as effective, and less toxic, than th...

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Autores principales: Parry, Alice, Doxey, Richard, Herbert, Rachel, Moonsie, Ian, Stone, Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7786027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33437612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.12.001
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author Parry, Alice
Doxey, Richard
Herbert, Rachel
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Stone, Neil
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description A 49- year old immunocompetent male presented with a right flank abscess and was found to have disseminated cryptococcal disease. Treatment was initiated with a one-week intravenous regime of amphotericin B and flucytosine based on recent trial data that this is as effective, and less toxic, than the standard two weeks. After completion of intravenous treatment he was discharged with oral anti-fungals and is making a good recovery with ongoing follow up.
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spelling pubmed-77860272021-01-11 Disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient treated with short course induction therapy Parry, Alice Doxey, Richard Herbert, Rachel Moonsie, Ian Stone, Neil Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report A 49- year old immunocompetent male presented with a right flank abscess and was found to have disseminated cryptococcal disease. Treatment was initiated with a one-week intravenous regime of amphotericin B and flucytosine based on recent trial data that this is as effective, and less toxic, than the standard two weeks. After completion of intravenous treatment he was discharged with oral anti-fungals and is making a good recovery with ongoing follow up. Elsevier 2020-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7786027/ /pubmed/33437612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.12.001 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. 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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Disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient treated with short course induction therapy
title Disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient treated with short course induction therapy
title_full Disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient treated with short course induction therapy
title_fullStr Disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient treated with short course induction therapy
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient treated with short course induction therapy
title_short Disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient treated with short course induction therapy
title_sort disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient treated with short course induction therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7786027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33437612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.12.001
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