Una consecuencia involuntaria: una revisión de las infecciones y brotes de hongos iatrogénicos del sistema nervioso

Chia-Yu Chiu1, Rachel S Hicklen2, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner3

  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.

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Resumen

Las infecciones por hongos iatrogénicos del sistema nervioso central (ICNSMIs) son raras, pero los brotes relacionados con medicamentos contaminados están aumentando. El diagnóstico y el tratamiento tempranos son cruciales para obtener mejores resultados en estas infecciones fúngicas graves.

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