Fluconazole: Pharmacology, Clinical Uses and Health Effects

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Santiago Herrera (Editor)
Joaquin Acosta (Editor)

Series: Pharmacology – Research, Safety Testing and Regulation
BISAC: MED058170

Fluconazole is a triazole antifungal drug used in the treatment and prevention of superficial and systemic fungal infections. In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the pharmacology, clinical uses and health effects of fluconazole. Topics discussed include the utilization of fluconazole in adult intensive care units; the use of fluconazole in veterinary species and a description of variances from the human experience as well as findings in veterinary species which may have applicability in human medicine; common clinical uses and in vitro activity features on fluconazole; and the discovery and development of medically-important antifungal agents, particularly the azole derivatives and the development of fluconazole and its clinical applications. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical )

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Fluconazole Utilization in Adult ICU
(Tânia Pereira Salci, Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski, Silvana Martins Caparroz-Assef, Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Medical Micology Departments, and Medical Micology, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil)

Fluconazole in Veterinary Medical Practice
(Melissa H. Clark, Marcella D. Ridgway, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Illinois, USA)

Common Clinical Uses and In Vitro Activity Features of Fluconazole
(Mara C.S.M. Pappalardo, Marcia S.C. Melhem, Instituto de Infectologia Emilio Ribas, and Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Secretary of Health, São Paulo State, Brazil)

In the Beginning: Evolution of Antifungal Therapy and Development of Fluconazole
(Marcella D. Ridgway, Melissa H. Clark, Departments of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Illinois, USA)

Index

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