Fatal scedosporium prolificans (S. Inflatum) fungemia following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: Report of a case in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1067-

  Spielberger, Ricardo T ^a   Tegtmeier, Bernard R ^a   O’ Donnell, Margaret R ^a   Ito, James I ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MOULD; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0028824971     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.4.1067     Document Type: Article

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