Dosing amphotericin B in cryptococcal meningitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-132

  Powderly, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL;

EID: 46249096913     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588818     Document Type: Note

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