Epidemiology of Aspergillus infections in a large cohort of patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1459-1466

  Wald, Anna ^b   Leisenring, Wendy ^c   Van Burik, Jo Anne ^c   Bowden, Raleigh A ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031010201     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516480     Document Type: Article

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