Comparison of Amphotericin B, Flucytosine and Itraconazole with Amphotericin B and Flucytosine in the Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in AIDS

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 416-424

  Chotmongkol, Verajit ^a   Sukeepaisarncharoen, Wisut ^a   Thavornpitak, Yupa ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CREATININE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; ITRACONAZOLE; POTASSIUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUCYTOSINE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030964610     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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