How much European prescribing physicians know about invasive fungal infections management?

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Valerio, Maricela ^a,b   Vena, Antonio ^a,b,c   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c   Reiter, Nanna ^d   Viale, Pierluigi ^e   Hochreiter, Marcel ^f   Giannella, Maddalena ^e   Muñoz, Patricia ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifungal stewardship; Antifungal use; Candins; Fluconazole; Invasive aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; DENMARK; DRUG INDICATION; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; ITALY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SPAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS, INVASIVE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS, INVASIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84924059218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0809-z     Document Type: Article

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