Is it ever safe to stop azole therapy for Coccidioides immitis meningitis?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-310

  Dewsnup, Daniel H ^b   Galgiani, John N ^c   Graybill, J Richard ^d   Diaz, Manuel ^e   Rendon, Adrian ^e   Cloud, Gretchen A ^f   Stevens, David A ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b California Medical Facility   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e Centro de Diagnostico   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030022888     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-3-199602010-00004     Document Type: Article

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