Chaetomium pneumonia in patient with acute myeloid leukaemia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-186

  Yeghen, T ^a   Fenelon, L ^d   Campbell, C K ^c   Warnock, D W ^c   Hoffbrand, A V ^b   Prentice, H G ^b   Kibbler, C C ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Haematology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Chaetomium globosum; Immunohistochemical staining; Pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHAETOMIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030063629     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.49.2.184     Document Type: Article

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