Fusarium, a significant emerging pathogen in patients with hematologic malignancy: Ten years' experience at a cancer center and implications for management

Blood

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 999-1008

  Boutati, Eleni I ^a   Anaissie, Elias J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030737627     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.3.999.999_999_1008     Document Type: Article

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