Safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of intravaginal pentamycin

Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-196

  Tirri, B Frey ^a   Bitzer, J ^a   Geudelin, B ^b   Drewe, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Mediante GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Pentamycin; Pharmacokinetics; Polyene antifungal antibiotic; Vaginal infections

Indexed keywords

FUNGICHROMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA MYCOSIS; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VAGINAL PRURITUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYENES; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953327316     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316329     Document Type: Article

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