Aspergillosis case-fatality rate: Systematic review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 358-366

  Lin, Swu Jane ^a   Schranz, Jennifer ^b   Teutsch, Steven M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ITRACONAZOLE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FATALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0035109799     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318483     Document Type: Review

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