Early detection of chronic disseminated Candida infection in leukemia patients with febrile neutropenia: Value of computer-assisted serial ultrasound documentation

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-45

  Karthaus, M ^a   Huebner, G ^a   Elser, C ^a   Geissler, R G ^a   Heil, G ^a   Ganser, A ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Chronic disseminated candidiasis; Febrile neutropenia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ABSCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0031670277     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050409     Document Type: Article

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