Open AccessBreakthrough Filamentous Fungal Infections in Pediatric Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplant and Oncology Patients Receiving Caspofungin
Author(s) -
Shaun K. Morris,
Upton Allen,
Sumit Gupta,
Susan E. Richardson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/2012/957973
Subject(s) - caspofungin , voriconazole , medicine , posaconazole , echinocandin , aspergillosis , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , salvage therapy , transplantation , surgery , antifungal , immunology , chemotherapy , dermatology , fluconazole
Caspofungin is an echinocandin class antifungal medication that is commonly used empirically in immunocompromised patients at high risk for invasive fungal disease.
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