Oral antifungal therapy for chronic rhinosinusitis and its subtypes: A systematic review

International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 382-389

  Thanasumpun, Thunchai ^a   Batra, Pete S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis; Antifungal therapy; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Fungal sinusitis; Itraconazole; Ketoconazole; Terbinafine; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PLACEBO; STEROID; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HAIR LOSS; HEART FAILURE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LEG SWELLING; LIVER FAILURE; MALAISE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861402395     PISSN: 20426976     EISSN: 20426984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/alr.20088     Document Type: Review

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