Fluconazole prophylaxis in patients with head and neck tumours undergoing radiation and radiochemotherapy

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 421-423

  Mücke, Ralph ^a   Kaben, U ^b   Libera, T ^b   Knauerhase, H ^b   Ziegler, P G ^b   Hamann, D ^b   Strietzel, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antimycotic prophylaxis; Fluconazole; Head and neck tumours; Radiation; Radiochemotherapy; Tumours

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMATITIS; THRUSH;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 18544400175     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00364.x     Document Type: Article

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