Vulval ulceration associated with foscarnet.
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Accepted for publication 27 January 1992 Case report A 34 year old woman with AIDS (CDC IV Cl diseaseextrapulmonary TB April 90) developed CMV retinitis in February 1991. She was treated with foscarnet (200 mg/kg/day after a 20 mg loading dose) given intravenously through a Hickman central line. She was receiving concurrent treatment with oral fluconazole and nebulised pentamidine for candida and pneumocystis prophylaxis, acyclovir to
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Genitourinary medicine
دوره 68 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992