Ketoconazole in the treatment of cryptococcosis of the central nervous system

Two patients with cryptococcosis of the CNS were treated with ketoconazole (KTZ), an imidazole derivative with fungistatic properties; they had either failed standard therapy (Amphotericin-B + 5-Flurocytosine) or suffred intolerable side-effects to it. Both patients were administered KTZ 800 mg/day...

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Main Authors: P. C. Trevisol-Bittencourt, J. W. A. S. Sander, C. S. Silvado, E. O. Wittig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1991-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1991000200016&lng=en&tlng=en
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