Survival from pulmonary infection with Cunninghamella bertholletiae: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 835-839

  Mazade, Marc A ^a   Margolin, Judith F ^a   Rossmann, Susan N ^a   Edwards, Morven S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cunninghamella bertholletiae; Leukemia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ASPARAGINASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUNNINGHAMELLA; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG RESECTION; NEPHROTOXICITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CUNNINGHAMELLA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MUCORMYCOSIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; SURVIVORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031670026     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199809000-00019     Document Type: Article

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