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Prithviraj Bose1, Hiral D Parekh, Jennifer L Holter, Ronald A Greenfield.
Abstract
Posaconazole is widely used for prophylaxis against invasive fungal infections in patients undergoing myeloablative therapy. Disseminated fusariosis is a serious invasive mold infection in such patients. Preclinical and clinical studies indicate activity of posaconazole against Fusarium. We describe two cases of disseminated fusariosis that occurred despite posaconazole prophylaxis.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21270218 PMCID: PMC3122782 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02325-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948