Alopecia and nail changes associated with voriconazole therapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Malani, Anurag N ^a   Kerr, Lisa ^a   Obear, Janet ^a   Singal, Bonita ^a   Kauffman, Carol A ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Fungal infections; Multistate meningitis outbreak; Nail changes; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POSACONAZOLE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICHIGAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NAIL; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NAILS; PREVALENCE; TRIAZOLES; VORICONAZOLE;

EID: 84904977861     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu275     Document Type: Article

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