Scedosporium prolificans fungemia

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-76

  Elsayed, Sameer ^a,b   Lannigan, Robert ^a   Chin Yee, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Fungemia; Leukemia; Scedosporium prolificans

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DISEASE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

EID: 0032914296     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1999/635193     Document Type: Article

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