Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in a critically ill neonate: Case report and review of invasive aspergillosis during the first 3 months of life

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 437-452

  Groll, Andreas H ^a,b   Jaeger, Gudrun ^a   Allendorf, Antje ^a   Herrmann, Guenter ^a   Schloesser, Rolf ^a   Von Loewenich, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FATALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031666787     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514717     Document Type: Article

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