Infection Prophylaxis in Acute Leukemia: Comparative Effectiveness of Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim, Ketoconazole, and a Combination of the Two

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1984, Pages 1562-1568

  Estey, Elihu ^a   Maksymiuk, Andrew ^a   Smith, Terry ^a   Fainstein, Victor ^a   Keating, Michael ^a   McCredie, Kenneth B ^a   Freireich, Emil J ^a   Bodey, Gerald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG THERAPY; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHODOLOGY; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVENTION; THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE; LEUKEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 84941818194     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350200054006     Document Type: Article

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