Fusarium solani Infection in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - A Case Report

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 555-557

  Ravi Kumar, R ^a   Vijay Kumar, B R ^a   Shafiulla, Mohammed ^a   Lakshmaiah, K C ^a   Sridhar, Hema ^a  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute myelogenous leukemia; Fusarium; Immunocompromised Host

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SKIN;

EID: 0031241999     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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