The efficacy of voriconazole in the treatment of 192 fungal central nervous system infections: A retrospective analysis

Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-210

  Schwartz, S ^a   Reisman, A ^b   Troke, P F ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Old Court ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Central nervous system; Mycoses; Scedosporiosis; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RIFAMPICIN; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ASPERGILLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYCOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCEDOSPORIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961170502     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0108-6     Document Type: Article

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