Ketoconazole is an imidazole antifungal agent used in the prevention and treatment of a variety of fungal infections. It functions by preventing the synthesis of ergosterol, the fungal equivalent of cholesterol, thereby increasing membrane fluidity and preventing growth of the fungus. Ketoconazole was first approved in an oral formulation for systemic use by...
Ketoconazole is used in the treatment or prevention of fungal infections including blastomycosis, candidiasis, coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, chromomycosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis. In Europe, it is also used in the treatment of endogenous Cushing's syndrome.
Affiliated hospital of nantong university, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Carle Cancer Center, Urbana, Illinois, United States
Carle on Vermilion, Danville, Illinois, United States
Park Nicollet Frauenshuh Cancer Center, Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States
Galeno Desenvolvimento de Pesquisas Clinicas Ltda. - ME, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Clínica Gobbato de Dermatologia, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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