Cokeromyces recurvatus infection in a bone marrow transplant recipient

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-302

  Tsai, T W ^a   Hammond, L A ^a   Rinaldi, M ^a   Martin, K ^a   Tio, F ^a   Maples, J ^a   Freytes, C O ^a   Roodman, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cokeromyces recurvatus; Diarrhea; Nystatin

Indexed keywords

NYSTATIN;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MYCOSIS; MYELOMA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031046768     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700647     Document Type: Article

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