Fungal chemoprophylaxis with fluconazole in preterm infants

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 475-477

  Sesmero, José Manuel Martínez ^a   Sedano, Francisco José Farfán ^a   García, Teresa Molina ^a   Brussi, Marta Muro ^a   Ferrández, Javier Sánchez Rubio ^a   Fernández, Raúl Díez ^a   Guillén, Cristóbal Montojo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluconazole; Fungemia; Preterm infant; Prophylaxis; Very low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TOXICITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATALITY; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFUSION; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VOMITING;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MYCOSES; PREMEDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28944444917     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-005-7909-6     Document Type: Article

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