Resistance to fluconazole and amphotericin B in a patient with AIDS who was being treated for candidal esophagitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 649-650

  Le, Thong P ^b   Tuazon, Carmelita U ^a   Levine, Myra ^b   Borum, Marie ^b   Rollhauser, Carlos ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0029832879     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.3.649     Document Type: Article

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