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SUBMITTER: Duarte RF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4187965 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Duarte Rafael F RF López-Jiménez Javier J Cornely Oliver A OA Laverdiere Michel M Helfgott David D Haider Shariq S Chandrasekar Pranatharthi P Langston Amelia A Perfect John J Ma Lei L van Iersel Marlou L P S ML Connelly Nancy N Kartsonis Nicholas N Waskin Hetty H
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20140721 10
Posaconazole tablets, a new oral formulation of posaconazole, can be effective when given as antifungal prophylaxis to neutropenic patients at high risk for invasive fungal infection (e.g., those with acute myelogenous leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome). Such effectiveness might be specifically important to patients with poor oral intake because of nausea, vomiting, or chemotherapy-associated mucositis. This was a prospective, global study in high-risk patients to characterize the pharmacokin ...[more]