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- Title
Review: Voriconazole for prevention or treatment of invasive fungal infections in cancer with neutropenia.
- Authors
Morris, Andrew M.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study that determined the efficacy and safety of voriconazole in comparison to amphotericin B or fluconazole for the prevention or treatment of invasive fungal infections in patients with cancer and neutropenia. As mentioned, the result of the study concluded that voriconazole do not differ from fluconazole for prevention of fungal infections, but reduces death compared with amphotericin when used for invasive Aspergillus infection.
- Subjects
MYCOSES; ANTIFUNGAL agents; NEUTROPENIA; TUMORS; DISEASE complications; PREVENTION
- Publication
ACP Journal Club, 2014, Vol 161, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1056-8751
- Publication type
Article