Oral fluconazole for candida urinary tract infection

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 252-256

  Potasman, I ^a   Castin, A ^a   Moskovitz, B ^a   Srugo, I ^a   Nativ, O ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Candida UTI; Fluconazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030692684     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000283074     Document Type: Article

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