Fatal Trichosporon pullulans Breakthrough Fungemia in Cancer Patients: Report of Three Patients Who Failed on Prophylaxis with Itraconazole

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-274

  Kunova A ^a   Godal, J ^a   Sufliarsky, J ^a   Spanik, S ^a   Kollar, T ^a   Krcmery Jr V ^b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICHOSPORON;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 0029941539     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01781117     Document Type: Article

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