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Drug of the month. Voriconazole (Vfend)
Pierard GE , Arrese JE , Quatresooz P , Pierard-Franchimont C
Rev Med Liege 2003, 58(5),351-355Abstract : Invasive fungal infections are a rare but important cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with severely compromised host defenses. Despite considerable advances in antifungal therapies over the past years, invasive mycoses remain a stubborn and dramatic problem. Voriconazole is a new triazole antifungal agent which confers a relative survival benefit in fluconazole-resistant invasive candidiasis, and in invasive aspergillosis, fusariosis and Scedosporium infections as well
