Primary cutaneous Aspergillus nidulans infection associated with a Hickman catheter in a patient with neutropenia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1594-1596

  Lucas, Gregory M ^a,b   Tucker, Pamela ^a   Merz, William G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATHETERIZATION; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 0033380015     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313552     Document Type: Article

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