Successful treatment of a Candida albicans sepsis with a combination of flucytosine and fluconazole.
A case of a severe Candida sepsis is reported, which was treated successfully by a combination therapy of flucytosine with fluconazole. After an extensive abdominal operation, a 70-year-old man developed a syndrome of fulminant sepsis due to Candida albicans with the beginnings of renal failure. The latter fact forced us to search for a therapeutic alternative to the classical amphotericin B plus flucytosine combination therapy.
Scheven
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Medizinal-, Lebensmittel- und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Thüringen, Hygiene-Institut Medizinaluntersuchung Gera, Germany.
Jünemann
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Schramm
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Hühn
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D000368:Aged; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D004338:Drug Combinations; D015725:Fluconazole; D005437:Flucytosine