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

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