Adjuvant therapy with rhGM-CSF for the treatment of Blastoschizomyces capitatus systemic infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-34

  Pagano, L ^a   Morace, G ^a   Ortu La Barbera, E ^a   Sanguinetti, M ^a   Leone, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blastoschizomyces; Leukemia; rhGM CSF

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ABSCESS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030016288     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050196     Document Type: Article

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