Treatment of aspergillosis: Clinical practice guidelines of the infectious diseases society of America

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-360

  Walsh, Thomas J ^a   Anaissie, Elias J ^b   Denning, David W ^m   Herbrecht, Raoul ⁿ   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^c   Marr, Kieren A ^e   Morrison, Vicki A ^f,g   Segal, Brahm H ^h   Steinbach, William J ⁱ   Stevens, David A ^j,k   Van Burik, Jo Anne ^g   Wingard, John R ^l   Patterson, Thomas F ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATITIS; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LESION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYALGIA; MYELODYSPLASIA; MYOCARDITIS; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERICARDITIS; PERITONITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; RIGOR; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; UREMIA; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VOMITING;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL;

EID: 39449095735     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/525258     Document Type: Review

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