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Successful Treatment of an Aspergillus Brain Abscess with Caspofungin: Case Report of a Diabetic Patient Intolerant of Amphotericin B

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The authors would like to thank Kala-Jyoti Viswanathan Aiyer for their valuable comments on this manuscript and Merck & Co., USA, for providing caspofungin.

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 740, CEP: 04023-062, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    A. L. Colombo & R. C. Rosas

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Colombo, A.L., Rosas, R.C. Successful Treatment of an Aspergillus Brain Abscess with Caspofungin: Case Report of a Diabetic Patient Intolerant of Amphotericin B. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 22, 575–576 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-003-0991-6

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