Splenic actinomycotic abscess in a patient with acute myeliod leukemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 532-534

  Chen, C Y ^a   Chen, Y C ^a   Tang, J L ^a   Lin, W C ^a   Su, I J ^a   Tien, H F ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Acute myeloid leukemia; Splenic abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; CILASTATIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CYTARABINE; FLUCONAZOLE; IDARUBICIN; IMIPENEM; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MUCOSA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX DISEASE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036942171     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0487-y     Document Type: Article

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