Characterization of amphotericin B aerosols for inhalation treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 354-360

  Roth, C ^a   Gebhart, J ^a,d   Just Nubling G ^b   Von Eisenhart Rothe, B ^c   Beinhauer Reeb, I ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; NEBULIZER; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AEROSOLS; AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPERGILLOSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 0029964718     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01716078     Document Type: Article

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