Candida glabrata, candida krusei, non-albicans candida spp., and other fungal organisms in a sixty-bed national cancer center in 1989-1993: No association with the use of fluconazole

Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 39-43

  Kunova A ^a   Trupla, J ^a   Spanik S ^a   Drgona L ^b   Sufliarskyc J ^b   Lacka, J ^c   Studenda V ^a   Hlavacova E ^b   Studena M ^b   Kukuc Kova E ^d   Kollar T ^a   Pichna P ^b   Oravcova E ^b   Krcmery, V ^c,d  

^a CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^c Department of Chemotherapy Postgraduate Medical School ^*  (Slovakia)

^d TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Candida krusei; Epidemiology; Fluconazole; Fungal infections

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER CENTER; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CANDIDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0028942030     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239322     Document Type: Article

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