Cutaneous mucormycosis due to Absidia corymbifera occurring after bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 513-515

  Leong, K W ^a   Crowley, B ^a   White, B ^a   Crotty, G M ^a   O'Briain, D S ^a   Keane, C ^a   McCann, S R ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Absidia corymbifera; Cutaneous amphotericin B; Mucor; Severe aplastic anaemia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031055235     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700667     Document Type: Article

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