Effect of fluconazole prophylaxis on fungal blood cultures: An autopsy-based study involving 720 patients with haematological malignancy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-46

  Kami, Masahiro ^a,b   Machida, Utako ^c   Okuzumi, Katsuko ^c   Matsumura, Tomoko ^d   Mori, Shin Ichiro ^d   Hori, Akiko ^b   Kashima, Takeshi ^c   Kanda, Yoshinobu ^b   Takaue, Yoichi ^b   Sakamaki, Hisashi ^d   Hirai, Hisamaru ^c   Yoneyama, Akiko ^c   Mutou, Yoshitomo ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Blood culture; Candida; Sensitivity; Trichosporon

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MYCOSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSPORON; ZYGOMYCETES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOSPORON; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 0036223405     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03414.x     Document Type: Article

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