Successful Treatment of a Critically Ill Patient with Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis, Using Adjunctive Interferon-g.

Autor: Kuberski, Timothy T., Servi, Ronald J., Rubin, Phillip J.
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 3/15/2004, Vol. 38 Issue 6, p910-912, 3p, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart
Abstrakt: Conventional antifungal therapy was not successful for a critically ill patient who had been hospitalized for 137 days in the intensive care unit with disseminated Coccidioides immitis infection and respiratory failure. The addition of interferon-γ to the therapeutic regimen resulted in improvement and discharge from the hospital. Adjunctive interferon-γ used in the successful treatment of severe coccidioidomycosis has not been reported previously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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