Acute myelogenous leukemia complicated by acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis due to Aspergillus terreus

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 709-713

  Khoury, H ^a   Poh, C F ^b   Williams, M ^b   Lavoie, J C ^a   Nevill, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myelogenous leukemia; Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis; Aspergillus terreus; Itraconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; ITRACONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCENT STOMATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037375492     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000060573     Document Type: Article

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