Candida tropicalis arthritis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia successfully treated with fluconazole: Case report and review of the literature

Infection

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-111

  Weers Pothoff, G ^a   Havermans, J F ^a   Kamphuis, J ^a   Sinnige, H A M ^a   Meis, J F G M ^b  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; FLUCONAZOLE; MITOXANTRONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REMISSION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KNEE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER;

EID: 0030944027     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02113588     Document Type: Article

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