[Anti-fungal drugs. Current status and guidelines for their administration].
Current medicine, in its zeal to cure diseases that, to-date, have been incurable, has overcome many barriers. High-dose chemotherapy, bone marrow and solid organ transplant, haemodialysis, parenteral and enteral nutrition, and other techniques have produced longer survival and cures for seriously ill patients. Over the past few years, fungal infections have become an important factor in morbidity and mortality in patients who are not only immunocompromised but also suffering severe pathologies. Anti-fungal treatment has been enriched, recently, with new compounds that are widening the therapeutic options for many of these patients.
Fernández Alonso
Rodrigo
R
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain.
González García
Maria Esther
ME
Fernández García
Joaquín
J
Cepeda Piorno
Francisco Javier
FJ
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
D000935:Antifungal Agents