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Isavuconazole Diffusion in Infected Human Brain
Author(s) -
Claire Rouzaud,
Vincent Jullien,
Anne Herbrecht,
Bruno Palmier,
Simona Lapusan,
Marjolaine Morgand,
Romain Guéry,
Amélie Duréault,
François Danion,
Stéphanie Puget,
Lauriane Goldwirt,
Fanny Lanternier,
Olivier Lortholary
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.02474-18
Subject(s) - chronic lymphocytic leukemia , aspergillosis , complication , medicine , chronic granulomatous disease , leukemia , pathology , surgery , immunology
We report the cases of a 39-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and a 21-year-old man with chronic granulomatous disease treated for cerebral aspergillosis. The patients required radical surgery for infection progression despite adequate isavuconazole plasma concentration or neurological complication. We thus decided to measure the brain isavuconazole concentration.

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