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- Title
Fluconazole Failure in the Treatment of Invasive Mycoses.
- Authors
Evans, Thomas G.; Mayer, J eanmarie; Cohen, Samuel; Classen, David; Carroll, Karen
- Abstract
Fluconazole is a recently licensed antifungal agent that has gained widespread use in the medical community. Despite a lack of controlled trials in invasive fungal infections, this agent is often prescribed because of ease of administration and concern over amphotericin B toxicity. Three cases of systemic fungal infections in which fluconazole use resulted in unambiguous microbiologic and clinical failure are reported.
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1991, Vol 164, Issue 6, p1232
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article