The drug of the month - Voriconazole (Vfend®);Le médicament du mois: Le voriconazole (Vfend®)

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 351-355

  Pierard G E ^a   Arrese, J E ^b   Quatresooz, P ^b   Pierard franchimont C ^b  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antifungal; Aspergillus; Candida; Fusarium; Immunodepression; Invasive mycosis; Scedosporium; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; VORICONAZOLE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MYCOSIS; REVIEW; SCEDOSPORIUM; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0037897644     PISSN: 00353663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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