Aspergillus laryngotracheobronchial infection in a 6-year-old girl following bone marrow transplantation

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-62

  Barnes, Chris ^a   Berkowitz, Robert ^b   Curtis, Nigel ^b   Waters, Keith ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphotericin; Aspergillus fumigatus; Immunocompromised; Laryngotracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS; LARYNX; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGITIS; LARYNX; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRACHEITIS;

EID: 0035978633     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(01)00429-3     Document Type: Article

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