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18471163

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
A patient with Wegener's granulomatosis was on steroids (20 mg prednisolone per day) when he fell ill with an atypical pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis, which was diagnosed by detection of antigen in repeated bronchial lavage specimens. Because other treatment options were contraindicated, he received intravenous caspofungin starting with a loading dose of 70 mg and a maintenance dose of 50 mg daily over 3 weeks thereafter. The patient's complaints subsequently resolved within days after initiation of treatment. Tolerability of the drug was excellent. No relapse occurred during the ongoing 4 years, although immunosuppressive therapy continued.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1439-0507
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
51 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
65-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis treated efficiently with caspofungin.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Germany. herbert.hof@imh.ma.uni-heidlelberg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports