Port‐a‐cath‐related Fusarium oxysporum infection in an HIV‐infected patient: treatment with liposomal amphotericin B
- 1 March 1996
- Vol. 39 (3-4) , 115-119
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00112.x
Abstract
The first case of Port-a-cath-related disseminated fusariosis in an HIV-infected patient is presented. Antifungal treatment with liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) in a dose of 2 mg kg-1 day-1 for 14 days was successful.Keywords
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