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Case Reports
. 2015 Aug;48(4):456-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.03.002. Epub 2013 Apr 28.

Breakthrough disseminated cryptococcosis during micafungin therapy

Wen-Sen Lee  1 , Tai-Chin Hsieh  1 , Tsong-Yih Ou  1 , Sing-On Teng  1 , Fu-Lun Chen  1 , Fu-Der Wang  2
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Breakthrough disseminated cryptococcosis during micafungin therapy

Wen-Sen Lee et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2015 Aug.
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Abstract

Echinocandins are not active against basidiomycetous yeasts, such as Cryptococcus neoformans, Trichosporon, and Rhodotorula species, and zygomycosis. We present a patient with renal failure and candidemia, who developed a breakthrough fungal infection with cryptococcemia and cryptococcuria while receiving micafungin therapy.

Keywords: Breakthrough fungal infection; Cryptococcosis; Micafungin.

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