Voriconazole-induced photosensitivity

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-85

  Malani, Anurag N ^a,b   Aronoff, David M ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Candida parapsidosis; Phototoxicity

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; DIAMORPHINE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ENDOCARDITIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENDOCARDITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 58149147492     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2008.806     Document Type: Article

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