Oropharyngeal candidiasis in patients with AIDS : Randomized comparison of fluconazole versus nystatin oral suspensions

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1204-1207

  Pons, Vincent ^a   Greenspan, Deborah ^b   Lozada Nur, Francina ^b   McPhail, Laurie ^b   Gallant, Joel E ^b   Tunkel, Allan ^b   Johnson, Caroline C ^b   McCarty, James ^b   Panzer, Helene ^b   Levenstein, Marcia ^b   Barranco, Annclla ^b   Green, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; NYSTATIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

EID: 0030927488     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513664     Document Type: Article

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