Reasons for Failure of Antifungal-lock Therapy with Caspofungin: Need for Higher Concentrations

• Main Authors: Rana İşgüder (Author), Gökhan Ceylan (Author), Özlem Sandal (Author), Ferhat Sarı (Author), Gamze Gülfidan (Author), Bengü Demirağ (Author), Hasan Ağın (Author), İlker Devrim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Galenos Yayinevi, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antifungal-lock therapy (AfLT) has arrived as an investigational approach for preventing catheter removal with limited clinical evidence of its efficiency. The principle of AfLT consists of catheter lumen replenishment by a selected antimicrobial agent and then locking it for an alternative treatmen...