Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection mimicking myocardial infarction

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1580-1581

  Naumann, Ralph ^a   Kerkmann, Marie Louise ^a   Schuler, Ulrich ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^b   Ehninger, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUDARABINE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUNNINGHAMELLA; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MYCOSIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; CUNNINGHAMELLA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0033390353     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313537     Document Type: Article

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