Antifungal Agents - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Factors associated with overall and attributable mortality in invasive aspergillosis.

30 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Invasive aspergillosis is associated with high death rates. Factors associated with increased mortality have not yet been identified in a large population of patients with various underlying conditions. METHODS: We retrospectively ... Read more...

Treatment-related risk factors for hospital mortality in Candida bloodstream infections.

30 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between treatment-related variables for Candida bloodstream infection and hospital mortality. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING: Thousand two hundred-bed academic medical center. PATIENTS: A total ... Read more...

Laryngeal candidiasis mimicking malignancy.

30 Oct 2008 Isolated laryngeal candidiasis in immunocompetent individuals is a rare entity with fewer than 40 cases reported in the literature. Laryngeal candidiasis secondary to inhaled steroid therapy is usually mild and has been reported in 10% to 15% of ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Antifungal Agents'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Factors associated with overall and attributable mortality in invasive aspergillosis. 30 Oct 2008
• High mortality in invasive aspergillosis: what we need to know for determination of poor prognosis and next countermeasures. 30 Oct 2008
• Treatment-related risk factors for hospital mortality in Candida bloodstream infections. 30 Oct 2008
• Timely selection of adequate antifungal therapy for candidemia in the critically ill: don't let the yeast rise! 30 Oct 2008
• Pulmonary aspergillosis in hematologic malignancies: lights and shadows. 30 Oct 2008
• Laryngeal candidiasis mimicking malignancy. 30 Oct 2008
• Double-blind active-control trials: beware the comparator you keep. 13 Oct 2008
• Amphotericin B: the higher the dose, the higher the toxicity. 13 Oct 2008
• Immune defence mechanisms and immunoenhancement strategies in oropharyngeal candidiasis. 11 Oct 2008
• Sorocenols G and H, anti-MRSA oxygen heterocyclic Diels-Alder-type adducts from Sorocea muriculata roots. 9 Oct 2008
• Clinical reasoning: rhabdomyolysis after combined treatment with simvastatin and fluconazole. 5 Oct 2008
• Coccidioidal pericarditis: a rapid presumptive diagnosis by an in-house antigen confirmed by mycological and molecular methods. 29 Sep 2008
• Successful treatment of Chromobacterium violaceum sepsis in South Africa. 29 Sep 2008
• Fungicidal effect of piscidin on Candida albicans: pore formation in lipid vesicles and activity in fungal membranes. 29 Sep 2008
• New organoselenium compounds active against pathogenic bacteria, fungi and viruses. 29 Sep 2008
• Flavonoid glycosides and other constituents of Psorospermum androsaemifolium BAKER (Clusiaceae). 29 Sep 2008
• Diagnosis and treatment of blastomycosis affecting the nose and nasopharynx of a dog. 29 Sep 2008
• EUCAST Technical Note on the method for the determination of broth dilution minimum inhibitory concentrations of antifungal agents for conidia-forming moulds. 29 Sep 2008
• EUCAST Technical Note on voriconazole. 29 Sep 2008
• Identification of TmcN as a pathway-specific positive regulator of tautomycetin biosynthesis in Streptomyces sp. CK4412. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Antifungal Agents'

Definition: Substances that destroy fungi by suppressing their ability to grow or reproduce. They differ from FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL because they defend against fungi present in human or animal tissues.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D000935

Alternative terms: Antifungal Agents; Agents, Antifungal; Fungicides, Therapeutic; Therapeutic Fungicides;

Related Mesh Headings: Fungicides, Industrial;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.505.954.122.136;

Online Note: use ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS to search FUNGICIDES 1966-71

History Note: 67; FUNGICIDES was included in ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS 1967-71, was heading 1963-66

Technical Notes: used in therapy: differentiate from FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; for resistance to antifungal agents, DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL and DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL are available