Prophylactic oral/topical non-absorbed antifungal agents to prevent invasive fungal infection in very low birth weight infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Austin, Nicola ^a   Cleminson, Jemma ^b   Darlow, Brian A ^c   Mcguire, William ^b  

^a Christchurch Womens Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; META ANALYSIS; MYCOSES; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MICONAZOLE; MYCOSES; NYSTATIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84979859268     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003478.pub5     Document Type: Review

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