Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection in a bone marrow transplant patient: Amphotericin lung penetration, MIC determinations, and review of the literature

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 855-860

  Garey, K W ^a   Pendland, S L ^a   Huynh, V T ^a   Bunch, T H ^a   Jensen, G M ^a   Pursell, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNNINGHAMELLA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CUNNINGHAMELLA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 0034958123     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.21.9.855.34560     Document Type: Article

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