Safety and efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B compared with conventional amphotericin B for induction therapy of histoplasmosis in patients with AIDS

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-109

  Johnson, Philip C ^a   Wheat, L Joseph ^a   Cloud, Gretchen A ^a   Goldman, Mitchell ^a   Lancaster, Dan ^a   Bamberger, David M ^a   Powderly, William G ^a   Hafner, Richard ^a   Kauffman, Carol A ^a   Dismukes, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037118677     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-2-200207160-00008     Document Type: Article

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