Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Descriptive case report. SETTING: Pediatric intensive care unit at a university teaching hospital. PATIENT: INTERVENTION: MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
Caspofungin was administered safely in this pediatric patient and possibly contributed to her clinical improvement. Caspofungin may be considered in children with severe persistent fungal infections that are not responsive to standard therapy. More study in pediatric patients is necessary before recommending its general use.
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Authors | Karin K Wertz, Robert K Pretzlaff |
Journal | Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies
(Pediatr Crit Care Med)
Vol. 5
Issue 2
Pg. 181-3
(Mar 2004)
ISSN: 1529-7535 [Print] United States |
PMID | 14987350
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Antifungal Agents
- Echinocandins
- Lipopeptides
- Peptides
- Peptides, Cyclic
- Amphotericin B
- Flucytosine
- Caspofungin
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Topics |
- Amphotericin B
(therapeutic use)
- Antifungal Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Candidiasis
(complications, drug therapy)
- Caspofungin
- Child, Preschool
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Echinocandins
- Endocarditis
(etiology)
- Female
- Flucytosine
(therapeutic use)
- Fungemia
(complications, drug therapy)
- Humans
- Lipopeptides
- Peptides
(therapeutic use)
- Peptides, Cyclic
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