Original Article
Intravenous Itraconazole vs. Amphotericin B Deoxycholate for Empirical Antifungal Therapy in Patients with Persistent Neutropenic Fever
Sun Hee Park, Su-Mi Choi, Dong-Gun Lee, Jung-Hyun Choi, Jin-Hong Yoo, Woo-Sung Min, Wan-Shik Shin
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(3):165-172. Published online September 30, 2006
BackgroundAmphotericin B dexoycholate is currently the standard empirical antifungal therapy for neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies and who also have persistent fever that does not respond to antibacterial therapy. The antifungal triazoles offer a potentially s..
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