Antifungal prophylaxis during remission induction therapy for acute leukemia fluconazole versus intravenous amphotericin B

Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 2099-2106

  Bodey, Gerald P ^a   Anaissie, Elias J ^a   Elting, Linda S ^a   Estey, Elihu ^a   O'Brien, Susan ^a   Kantarjian, Hagop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

acute leukemia; amphotericin B; fluconazole; fungal infection; infection prophylaxis; neutropenia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RASH; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHOTERICIN B; BLAST CRISIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYCOSES; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028220652     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19940415)73:8<2099::AID-CNCR2820730814>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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