Rhinocerebral zygomycosis following bone marrow transplantation in chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Report of a case and review of the literature

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 365-372

  Nenoff, Pietro ^a,b   Kellermann, S ^a   Schober, R ^a   Nenning, H ^a   Kubel, M ^a   Winkler, J ^a   Haustein, U F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amaurosis; Bone marrow transplantation; Leukaemia; Rhinocerebral infection; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONVULSION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID SINUS; ZYGOMYCETES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0032442335     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00355.x     Document Type: Article

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