Amphotericin B and itraconazole for treatment of disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1107-1110

  Sirisanthana, Thira ^a   Supparatpinyo, Khuanchai ^b   Perriens, Joseph ^b   Nelson, Kenrad E ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOKALEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0031901307     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520280     Document Type: Article

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