Failure of caspofungin to treat brain abscesses secondary to Candida albicans prosthetic valve endocarditis

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 15;39(8):1253-4. doi: 10.1086/424449.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Abscess / complications
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy*
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology
  • Candida albicans
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy*
  • Caspofungin
  • Echinocandins
  • Endocarditis / complications*
  • Endocarditis / drug therapy
  • Fluconazole / therapeutic use
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Lipopeptides
  • Male
  • Peptides, Cyclic / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Echinocandins
  • Lipopeptides
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B
  • Fluconazole
  • Caspofungin