Necrotizing cerebritis in an allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipient due to Cladophialophora bantiana

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1330-1332

  Emmens, Robert K ^a   Richardson, Deborah ^a   Thomas, William ^a   Hunter, Stephen ^a   Hennigar, Randolph A ^a   Wingard, John R ^a   Nolte, Frederick S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; NECROSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SINUSITIS;

CLADOPHIALOPHORA BANTIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 0029867324     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1330-1332.1996     Document Type: Article

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