Fluconazole in coccidioidal meningitis;El fluconazol en la coccidioidomicosis meníngea

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-208

  Ayala Gaytán, Juan Jacobo ^a   Condarco Cortés, Bertha Alicia ^a   Pérez Zuno, José Alberto ^a   Moreno Guevara, Pablo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Fluconazole; Imidazoles; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242873134     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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