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Single-Dose Fluconazole Treatment of Vaginal Candidosis

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Candida and Candidamycosis

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Fluconazole is a novel, systemically administered triazole antifungal agent, used primarily in the treatment of mucosal and systemic Candida infections and cryptococcosisl.

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Tümbay, E. et al. (1991). Single-Dose Fluconazole Treatment of Vaginal Candidosis. In: Tümbay, E., Seeliger, H.P.R., Anǧ, Ö. (eds) Candida and Candidamycosis. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 50. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5910-4_49

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