Effect of the current antimicrobial therapeutic strategy on fungal colonization in patients with hematologic malignancies

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-122

  D'Antonio, D ^a,c   Iacone, A ^a   Schioppa, F S ^b   Bonfini, T ^a   Romano, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Ist di Patol Um e Med Sociale   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile di Pescara   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FECES; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES;

EID: 0029816816     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900085     Document Type: Article

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