Posaconazole therapy for severe abdominal candidiasis: a case report.
We report the successful treatment of a fluconazole-resistant intra-abdominal Candida infection (Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis) with posaconazole (SCH56592) in a 68-year-old woman with a recent history of intra-abdominal surgery.
Tobón
Angela M
AM
Grupo de Micología Médica y Experimental, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia.
Correa
Ana L
AL
Arango
Myrtha
M
de Bedout
Catalina
C
Restrepo
Angela
A
D000005:Abdomen; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D014230:Triazoles; C101425:posaconazole