PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Lee, Yu-Ping AU - Goldman, Morton ED - Vidt, Donald G. TI - The role of azole antifungal agents for systemic antifungal therapy DP - 1997 Feb 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 99--106 VI - 64 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/2/99.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/2/99.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1997 Feb 01; 64 AB - Although amphotericin B remains the cornerstone of antifungal drug therapy, fluconazole and itraconazole have been found useful for long-term maintenance or prophylactic regimens. This article reviews characteristics of fluconazole and itraconazole and compares them with ketoconazole and amphotericin B.