Safety and efficacy of a caspofungin-based combination therapy for treatment of proven or probable aspergillosis in pediatric hematological patients
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- 18 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 7 (1) , 28
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-28
Abstract
Fungal infections are diagnosed increasingly often in patients affected by hematological diseases and their mortality has remained high. The recent development of new antifungal drugs gives the clinician the possibility to assess the combination of antifungal drugs with in-vitro or in animal-model synergistic effect.Keywords
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