Early invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in a leukemia patient linked to aspergillus contaminated marijuana smoking

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1433-1437

  Szyper Kravitz, M ^a   Lang, R ^a   Manor, Y ^a   Lahav, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

"Hookah bottle"; Acute leukemia pulmonary aspergillosis; Marijuana smoking

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOBACCO; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035694707     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428190109097776     Document Type: Article

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