Five-year-survey of invasive aspergillosis in a paediatric cancer centre. Epidemiology, management and long-term survival

Mycoses

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 431-442

  Groll, A H ^a,b   Kurz, Marianne ^a   Schneider, W ^a   Witt, V ^a   Schmidt, Helga ^a   Schneider, M ^a   Schwabe, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Pediatric Oncology Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimycotic chemotherapy; Aspergillosis; Cancer; Children; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0032888684     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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