Successful outcome of aspergillus brain abscess in a patient who underwent bone marrow transplantation for aplastic anemia

Haematologia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-271

  Başlar, Zafer ^a   Soysal, Teoman ^a   Hanci, Murat ^a   Aygün, Gökhan ^a   Ferhanoǧlu, Burhan ^a   Sarioǧlu, Ali Çetin ^a   Ülkü, Birsen ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Aspergillosis; Cerebral abscess; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031308943     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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