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Combination Antifungal Therapy for Invasive Mucormycosis in Immunocompromised Hosts: A Single-Center Experience.

Brian LuDavid HaSa ShenJessica Ferguson TollAilin KimSarah KimEmily MuiStan DeresinskiMarisa K HolubarWilliam Alegria
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)
Combination antifungal therapy for invasive mucormycosis remains controversial and is inconsistently defined in prior studies. In a cohort of patients with immunocompromised status and invasive mucormycosis, we found no difference in 6-week mortality with up-front or salvage combination therapy as compared with monotherapy.
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