Caspofungin, the first of the new class of echinocandins to be released, has been approved for salvage therapy of invasive aspergillosis. |
Although cystic fibrosis sufferers are known to be at risk of aspergillosis, her research is the first to show the extent of the link. |
Of these, one case with pulmonary aspergillosis and one case with atelectasis were confirmed. |
Of these 48 patients, 37 had invasive candidiasis, 10 had invasive aspergillosis, and one patient had esophageal candidiasis. |
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis occurs in cases of atopic asthma and may result in important lung disease. |
Two patients died later from disseminated aspergillosis on Day 10 and from splenic rupture on Day 57, respectively. |