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Chronic cavitary histoplasmosis. Failure of oral treatment with ketoconazole
C A Quinones1, A G Reuben, R J Hamill
1Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.
Chest
|April 1, 1989
Abstract:
Ketoconazole appears to be a safe drug in the treatment of chronic cavitary histoplasmosis. Primary failure and relapse have been described, requiring amphotericin B, even after long therapy with ketoconazole. Four typical cases are presented. We caution about such potential failures and stress the importance of close observation of patients begun on therapy with ketoconazole for chronic cavitary histoplasmosis.