Pharmacokinetics of oral voriconazole in patients with cystic fibrosis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2438-2440

  Clifton, Ian J ^a   Whitaker, Paul ^a   Metcalfe, Rachel ^a   Phillip, Maria ^a   Shaw, Nicola ^a   Conway, Steven P ^a   Peckham, Daniel G ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Antifungal; Aspergillus fumigatus

Indexed keywords

VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; OPEN STUDY; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 80052901769     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr300     Document Type: Letter

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