Outbreak of systemic aspergillosis in a neonatal intensive care unit

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 223-227

  Singer, Sybille ^a   Singer, D ^a   Ruchel R ^a   Mergeryan, H ^a   Schmidt, Ursula ^a   Harms, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimycotic chemotherapy; Aspergillosis; Liposomal amphotericin B; Neonates; Pre terms; Systemic mycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCYTOSINE; INDOMETACIN; LUNG SURFACTANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

EID: 0031849319     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00328.x     Document Type: Article

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