Posaconazole as rescue therapy in African histoplasmosis
African histoplasmosis is a granulomatous mycosis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii. Treatment is usually extrapolated from guidelines for classical histoplasmosis, and includes 2–4 weeks of amphotericin B followed by a step-down maintenance therapy with itraconazole. Pediatric usage of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012002735 |