Oral fluconazole compared with bladder irrigation with amphotericin B for treatment of fungal urinary tract infections in elderly patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-35

  Jacobs, Laurie G ^a   Skidmore, Ember A ^a   Freeman, Katherine ^a   Lipschultz, David ^a   Fox, Nina ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLADDER IRRIGATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NIGHTMARE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; TORULOPSIS GLABRATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030033676     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.1.30     Document Type: Article

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