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Activity of posaconazole in the treatment of central nervous system fungal infections
Author(s) -
Punnee Pitisuttithum,
Ricardo Negroni,
John R. Graybill,
Beatriz Bustamante,
Peter G. Pappas,
Stanley W. Chapman,
R S Hare,
C. Hardalo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dki288
Subject(s) - posaconazole , medicine , aspergillosis , coccidioides , coccidioides immitis , mycosis , meningitis , immunology , itraconazole , antifungal , surgery , dermatology
A multinational, multicentre, open-label clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of posaconazole, an extended-spectrum triazole antifungal agent, in subjects with invasive fungal infections who had refractory disease or who were intolerant of standard antifungal therapy. In this subanalysis, we report on those subjects in this trial who had a fungal infection that involved the CNS.

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