Successful Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis and Cryptococcoma with Isavuconazole in a Patient Living with HIV

Successful Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis and Cryptococcoma with Isavuconazole in a Patient Living with HIV

We describe the successful use of isavuconazole for treatment of an HIV-positive patient with cryptococcal meningitis following induction therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and flucytosine. Because the Cryptococcus neoformans isolate from cerebrospinal fluid had a borderline minimum inhibitory co...

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Main Authors: Brendan O’Kelly, Aia Mohamed, Colm Bergin, Fiona Lyons, Thomas R. Rogers, Brian O’Connell, Emma Devitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
Subjects:
cryptococcal meningitis
HIV
IRIS
fluconazole resistance
AUC:MIC ratio
isavuconazole
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/7/6/425

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