Candiduria: A randomized, double-blind study of treatment with fluconazole and placebo

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-24

  Sobel, Jack D ^a,g   Kauffman, C A ^b   McKinsey, D ^c   Zervos, M ^a   Vazquez, J A ^a   Karchmer, A W ^d   Lee, J ^e   Thomas, C ^e   Panzer, H ^f   Dismukes, W E ^e   Pottage, John H ^h   Wise, Gilbert J ⁱ   Simmons, Brian ^j   Cherubin, Charles ^k   Hadley, Susan ^l   Holt, Douglas A ^m   Hirsch, Daniel ⁿ   Fisher, Melanie A ^o   Gallis, Harry ^p   Johnson, Phillip ^q   Doebbeling, Brad ^r   Rahal, James ^s   Hamill, Richard ^q   Stern, John ^t   Sharkey, Patricia K ^u   Mangi, Richard ^v   Rubin, Robert ^w   Sugar, Alan ^x   Pappas, Peter ^e   more..

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Infectious Disease Associates of Kansas City   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

^g Harper Professional Building ^*  (United States)

^h RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Methodist Hospitals of Memphis   (United States)

^k VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ MACNEAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p Duke Medical Center   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^s Booth Medical Center   (United States)

^t PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^v HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^w MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^x BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FLUCONAZOLE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 0141611043     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313580     Document Type: Article

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