Cryptic Mucor infection leading to massive cerebral infarction at initiation of antileukemic chemotherapy

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 241-245

  Mathur, S C ^a   Friedman, Henry D ^b   Kende, A I ^c   Davis, R L ^a   Graziano, S L ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AML; CNS; CVA; Fungus; Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOSTASIS; MALE; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ZYGOMYCETES;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 0033036257     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050509     Document Type: Article

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