Breakthrough fungemia due to hansenula anomala in a leukemic patient successfully treated with amphotericin B

Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-158

  Kunova A ^a   Spanik S ^a   Kollar T ^a   Trupl, J ^a   Krčméry, Vladimir ^a  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HANSENULA; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030063681     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239436     Document Type: Article

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