Amphotericin B and lysine acetylsalicylate in the combined treatment of nasal polyposis associated with mycotic infection

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-193

  Corradini, C ^a   Del Ninno, M ^b   Buonomo, A ^a   Nucera, E ^a   Paludetti, G ^a   Alonzi, C ^a   Sabato, V ^a   Schiavino, D ^a   Patriarca, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Fungal infection; Lysine acetylsalicylate; Nasal polyposis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; LYSINE ACETYLSALICYLATE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STEROID THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPIRIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FUNGI; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYSINE; MYCOSES; NASAL POLYPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745187614     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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