Progressive Cutaneous Hyalohyphomycosis Due toPaecilomyces lilacinus:Rapid Response to Treatment with Caspofungin and Itraconazole
Open Access
- 15 May 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 34 (10), 1415-1417
- https://doi.org/10.1086/340260
Abstract
A case of rapidly progressive cutaneous infection due to Paecilomyces lilacinus developed in a woman with advanced pancreatic cancer who did not have granulocytopenia. The infection responded favorably to caspofungin and itraconazole combination therapy.Keywords
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