Caspofungin in salvage treatment of severe pneumocystis pneumonia: case report and literature review

Chin Med J (Engl). 2009 Apr 20;122(8):996-9.

Authors

Xiang-dong Mu¹, Cheng-li Que, Bing He, Guang-fa Wang, Hai-chao Li

Affiliation

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China. muxiangdong@medmail.com.cn

PMID: 19493430

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Caspofungin
Echinocandins / administration & dosage
Echinocandins / therapeutic use*
Humans
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / pathology
Lipopeptides
Male
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / drug therapy*
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / pathology*
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / administration & dosage
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use
Uremia / pathology

Substances

Echinocandins
Lipopeptides
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Caspofungin