Successful treatment with echinocandin in an HIV-infected individual failing first-line therapy for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

AIDS. 2011 Nov 13;25(17):2192-3. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834c4c3c.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Caspofungin
  • Echinocandins / therapeutic use*
  • Fungal Proteins / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Lipopeptides
  • Male
  • Pneumocystis carinii / pathogenicity*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / drug therapy*
  • Treatment Failure
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Echinocandins
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Lipopeptides
  • echinocandin B
  • Caspofungin