The future of antifungal therapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  Graybill, John R ^a  

^a Univ of Texas Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

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1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ECHINOCANDIN B; ECHINOCANDIN B DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; NIKKOMYCIN; NIKKOMYCIN Z; PENTAMIDINE; PRADIMICIN A; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030017445     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.supplement_2.s166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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