• Thorax · Mar 2014

    Cyclical caspofungin for chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in sarcoidosis.

    • Gregory J Keir, Benjamin Garfield, David M Hansell, Michael R Loebinger, Robert Wilson, Elisabetta A Renzoni, Athol U Wells, and Toby M Maher.
    • Royal Brompton Hospital, , London, UK.
    • Thorax. 2014 Mar 1; 69 (3): 287-8.

    AbstractIn sarcoidosis, chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) may be associated with significant morbidity, and treatment failure rates are often high, even with newer triazole antifungal agents. We report a treatment regimen of cyclical caspofungin infusions in 10 patients with sarcoidosis and worsening CPA despite oral triazoles.

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