Necrotizing otitis externa, otitis media, peripheral facial paralysis, and brain abscess in a thalassemic child after allogeneic BMT

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 459-462

  Tezcan, I ^a   Tuncer, A M ^a   Yenicesu, I ^a   Cetin M ^a   Ceyhan, M ^a   Onerci M ^a   Ariyurek M ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BMT; Brain abscess; Necrotizing otitis; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BUSULFAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METHOTREXATE; ORNIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0031688132     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019809016578     Document Type: Article

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