Safety, Tolerance, and Efficacy of Posaconazole Therapy in Patients with Nonmeningeal Disseminated or Chronic Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis
Author(s) -
Antonio Catanzaro,
Gretchen A. Cloud,
David A. Stevens,
Barrett's Esophagus Levine,
Pamela Williams,
R. H. Johnson,
Adrián Rendón,
Laurence F. Mirels,
J E Lutz,
M. Holloway,
J N Galgiani
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/519937
Subject(s) - medicine , posaconazole , intensive care medicine , antifungal , dermatology , itraconazole
Coccidioidomycosis can be difficult to treat with available therapies, particularly in patients with progressive or disseminated disease. Posaconazole is a new azole antifungal with potent activity against Coccidioides species, the causative agent of coccidioidomycosis.
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