Fluconazole in Candida albicans sepsis during pregnancy: Case report and review of the literature

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-266

  Wiesinger, E C ^a,b   Mayerhofer, S ^a   Wenisch, C ^a   Breyer, S ^a   Graninger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MOUTH INFECTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEPSIS;

ABORTION, SEPTIC; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW LITERATURE; SEPSIS;

EID: 0029924936     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01781109     Document Type: Article

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