A pan-american 5-year study of fluconazole therapy for deep mycoses in the immunocompetent host

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue , 1992, Pages S68-S76

  Diaz, Manuel ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Negroni, Ricardo ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Montero Gei, Fernando ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Castro, Luiz G M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Sampaio, Sebastiao A P ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Borelli, Dante ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Restrepo, Angela ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Franco, Liliana ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Bran, Jose L ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Arathoon, Eduardo G ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Stevens, David A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^f HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCETOMA; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGI; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYCOSES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 85047697503     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/14.Supplement_1.S68     Document Type: Article

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