Pulmonary infection caused by Gymnascella hyalinospora in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 375-381

  Iwen, Peter C ^a   Sigler, Lynne ^b   Tarantolo, Stefano ^a   Sutton, Deanna A ^c   Rinaldi, Michael G ^c,d   Lackner, Rudy P ^e   McCarthy, Dora I ^c   Hinrichs, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

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

^e LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GYMNASCELLA HYALINOSPORA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CYTARABINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDARUBICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033985845     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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