Candida fungemia in neonates treated with fluconazole: Report of forty cases, including eight with meningitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1012-1015

  Huttova, Mária ^a   Hartmanova, Iveta ^a   Kralinsky, Karol ^a   Filka, Jozef ^b   Uher, Jozef ^b   Kurak, Jozef ^b   Krizan, Stanislav ^c   Krcmery Jr , Vladimir ^c  

^a University Hospital in Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b FACULTY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^c TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Candida; Fluconazole; Fungemia; Meningitis; Neonate

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CREATININE; FLUCONAZOLE; LIVER ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0031737915     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199811000-00010     Document Type: Article

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