Fatal disseminated Trichoderma longibrachiatum infection in an adult bone marrow transplant patient: Species identification and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1154-1160

  Richter, S ^a   Cormican, M G ^a   Pfaller, M A ^a   Lee, C K ^a   Gingrich, R ^a   Rinaldi, M G ^b,c   Sutton, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA LONGIBRACHIATUM;

LONGIBRACHIATUM; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA LONGIBRACHIATUM;

EID: 0032993877     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1154-1160.1999     Document Type: Article

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