Successful treatment of a critically ill patient with disseminated coccidioidomycosis, using adjunctive interferon-γ

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作者：

Kuberski, TT ^{[1
]}

Servi, RJ ^{[1
]}

Rubin, PJ ^{[1
]}

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[1] Good Samaritan Hosp, Phoenix, AZ USA

来源：

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2004年 / 38卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1086/382075

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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Conventional antifungal therapy was not successful for a critically ill patient who had been hospitalized for 137 days in the intensive care unit with disseminated Coccidioides immitis infection and respiratory failure. The addition of interferon-gamma to the therapeutic regimen resulted in improvement and discharge from the hospital. Adjunctive interferon-gamma used in the successful treatment of severe coccidioidomycosis has not been reported previously.

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