Endocarditis and aortal embolization caused by Aspergillus terreus in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission: Diagnosis by peripheral-blood culture

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3347-3351

  Schett, G ^a,c   Casati, B ^b   Willinger, B ^b   Weinlander G ^a   Binder, T ^a   Grabenwoger F ^a   Sperr, W ^a   Geissler, K ^a   Jager U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS;

EID: 0031694538     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3347-3351.1998     Document Type: Article

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