Caspofungin treatment in severely ill, immunocompromised patients: a case-documentation study of 118 patients.

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Published in J Antimicrob Chemother on November 24, 2005

Authors

A Glasmacher1, O A Cornely, K Orlopp, S Reuter, S Blaschke, M Eichel, G Silling, B Simons, G Egerer, M Siemann, M Florek, R Schnitzler, P Ebeling, J Ritter, H Reinel, P Schütt, H Fischer, C Hahn, G Just-Nuebling

Author Affiliations

1: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, University of Bonn, Germany. glasmacher@uni-bonn.de

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