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SUBMITTER: Zonios D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4038142 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zonios Dimitrios D Yamazaki Hiroshi H Murayama Norie N Natarajan Ven V Palmore Tara T Childs Richard R Skinner Jeff J Bennett John E JE
The Journal of infectious diseases 20140107 12
<h4>Background</h4>Prospective evaluation of the antifungal drug, voriconazole, is needed to determine whether drug toxicity correlates with CYP2C19 genotype or serum concentrations of voriconazole or its metabolites.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a prospective study of 95 patients to determine voriconazole toxicity and its relationship to genotype and serum levels of voriconazole and its two metabolites. Efficacy was not evaluated because, in most cases, the drug was given for empirical or prophy ...[more]