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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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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