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Pulmonary Mucormycosis Treated Successfully with Posaconazole as Salvage Therapy / 계명의대학술지
Keimyung Medical Journal ; : 127-132, 2015.
Article em En | WPRIM | ID: wpr-79178
Biblioteca responsável: WPRO
ABSTRACT
Mucormycosis (formerly known as zygomycosis) is a life-threatening opportunistic mycosis that infects a broad range of hosts with qualitative or quantitative defects in innate immunity. The overall mortality rate of pulmonary mucormycosis is above 70%. The prognosis and outcome of pulmonary mucormycosis have not improved significantly over the last decade, mainly because of difficulty in early diagnosis and the limited activity of current antifungal agents against members of the order Mucorales. We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis treated successfully with posaconazole as salvage therapy. We suggest that posaconazole may be considered as an alternative therapeutic approach in patients with invasive pulmonary mucormycosis who are unable to tolerate surgical treatment.
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Texto completo: 1 Índice: WPRIM Assunto principal: Prognóstico / Mortalidade / Terapia de Salvação / Diagnóstico Precoce / Imunidade Inata / Mucorales / Mucormicose / Antifúngicos Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Screening_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Keimyung Medical Journal Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article
Texto completo: 1 Índice: WPRIM Assunto principal: Prognóstico / Mortalidade / Terapia de Salvação / Diagnóstico Precoce / Imunidade Inata / Mucorales / Mucormicose / Antifúngicos Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Screening_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Keimyung Medical Journal Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article