Disseminated mucormycosis caused by Absidia corymbifera leading to cerebral vasculitis

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 246-250

  Eucker, J ^a   Sezer, O ^a   Lehmann, R ^a   Weber, J R ^a   Graf, B ^a   Denkert, C ^a   Bruck W ^a   Schweigert, M ^a   Possinger, K ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absidia corymbifera; Acute myeloid leukemia; Mucormycosis; Neutropenia; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CREATININE;

ABSIDIA; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LUNG; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; RELAPSE;

ABSIDIA; ADOLESCENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033865903     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100070047     Document Type: Article

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