Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2021)
Duration of antifungal therapy for septic pulmonary embolism caused by Candida albicans from a central venous catheter: A case report
- Daisuke Okuno,
- Kazuhiro Oshima,
- Taiga Miyazaki,
- Nobuyuki Ashizawa,
- Tatsuro Hirayama,
- Takahiro Takazono,
- Tomomi Saijo,
- Kazuko Yamamoto,
- Yoshifumi Imamura,
- Hiroyuki Yamaguchi,
- Noriho Sakamoto,
- Yasushi Obase,
- Koichi Izumikawa,
- Katsunori Yanagihara,
- Hiroshi Mukae
Affiliations
- Daisuke Okuno
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nagasaki Japan
- Kazuhiro Oshima
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Taiga Miyazaki
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Nobuyuki Ashizawa
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Tatsuro Hirayama
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Takahiro Takazono
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Tomomi Saijo
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Kazuko Yamamoto
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Yoshifumi Imamura
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Noriho Sakamoto
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nagasaki Japan
- Yasushi Obase
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nagasaki Japan
- Koichi Izumikawa
- Department of Infectious Diseases Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nagasaki Japan
- Katsunori Yanagihara
- Department of Laboratory Medicine Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki Japan
- Hiroshi Mukae
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nagasaki Japan
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3628
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 2
pp. 707 – 710
Abstract
Abstract The treatment duration for candidemia with septic pulmonary embolism should be determined based on the clearance of fungus from the bloodstream and improvement of symptoms. The remaining lung nodules may not necessarily indicate persistent infection.
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