Failure of deferasirox, an iron chelator agent, combined with antifungals in a case of severe zygomycosis

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Apr;52(4):1585-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01611-07. Epub 2008 Jan 22.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Benzoates / administration & dosage
  • Benzoates / therapeutic use*
  • Deferasirox
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iron Chelating Agents / administration & dosage
  • Iron Chelating Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Peritonitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Peritonitis / drug therapy
  • Peritonitis / physiopathology
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Failure
  • Triazoles / administration & dosage
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Zygomycosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Zygomycosis / drug therapy*
  • Zygomycosis / physiopathology

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Benzoates
  • Iron Chelating Agents
  • Triazoles
  • Deferasirox