Efficacy of itraconazole in the treatment of patients with chronic cough whose sputa yield basidiomycetous fungifungus-associated chronic cough (FACC)

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-412

  Ogawa, Haruhiko ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^b   Takeuchi, Yasuo ^c   Makimura, Koichi ^d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal drugs; Basidiomycetous fungi; Chronic cough; Fungus associated chronic cough (FACC); Itraconazole

Indexed keywords

AMBROXOL; CAPSAICIN; CETIRIZINE; CLENBUTEROL; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; ITRACONAZOLE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNGUS ASSOCIATED CHRONIC COUGH; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPUTUM; SUBJECTIVE COUGH SYMPTOM SCALE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EXPECTORANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649826854     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900902846331     Document Type: Article

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