Invasive mold infections in cancer patients: 5 years' experience with Aspergillus, Mucor, Fusarium and Acremonium infections

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-45

  Krcmery Jr , V ^a   Kunova, E ^b   Jesenska, Z ^c   Trupl, J ^b   Spanik, S ^b   Mardiak, J ^b   Studena, M ^a   Kukuckova, E ^b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Acremonium; Aspergillus; Mucor fusarium

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACREMONIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ACREMONIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSES; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029685552     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01769874     Document Type: Article

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