A randomized trial comparing fluconazole with clotrimazole troches for the prevention of fungal infections in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. NIAID AIDS Clinical Trials Group.

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Published in N Engl J Med on March 16, 1995

Authors

W G Powderly1, D Finkelstein, J Feinberg, P Frame, W He, C van der Horst, S L Koletar, M E Eyster, J Carey, H Waskin

Author Affiliations

1: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

Associated clinical trials:

Fluconazole Prophylaxis of Thrush in AIDS | NCT00001542

Randomized Comparative Study of Fluconazole Versus Clotrimazole Troches in the Prevention of Serious Fungal Infection in Patients With AIDS or Advanced AIDS-Related Complex. (A Nested Study of ACTG 081) | NCT00000676

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