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Successful Isavuconazole Salvage Therapy for a Cryptococcus deuterogattii (AFLP6/VGII) Disseminated Infection in a European Immunocompetent Patient.
Mycopathologia - 1 Aug 2021
Cuetara Maria Soledad, Jusdado Ruiz-Capillas Juan José, Nuñez-Valentin Maria Pilar, Rodríguez Garcia Elena, Garcia-Benayas Elena, Rojo-Amigo Ricardo, Rodriguez-Gallego Jose Carlos, Hagen Ferry, Colom María Francisca
Abstract excerpt
Members of the Cryptococcus gattii species complex are notorious causes of cryptococcosis as they often cause severe, life-threatening infections. Here we describe a case of a severe disseminated C. deuterogattii infection in a previously healthy patient who was initially treated with amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine and fluconazole, which led to a good neurological response, but the infection in the lungs...
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