Electronic compliance assessment of antifungal prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus-infected women

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1338-1341

  Geletko, Sandra M ^a,b   Segarra, Marisel ^a,b,g   Mayer, Kenneth H ^d,e   Fiore, Theresa C ^e,f   Bettencourt, Frances A ^d,e   Flanigan, Timothy P ^e,f   Dudley, Michael N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRONICS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

EID: 0030022937     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.6.1338     Document Type: Article

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