Fatal, disseminated Acremonium strictum infection in a neutropenic host

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1333-1336

  Schell, Wiley A ^a   Perfect, John R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FECES CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; MYCETOMA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; THRUSH;

ACREMONIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FECES; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; DIPODASCUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PAECILOMYCES; SCEDOSPORIUM;

EID: 0029912521     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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