Paecilomyces lilacinus systemic infection in an immunocompromised child. Report of one case;Infección sistémica por Paecilomyces lilacinus en un paciente inmunodeprimido pediátrico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-80

  Roque E, Jorge ^a,b   Navarro N, Montserrat ^a   Toro V, Gloria ^a   González L, Isabel ^a   Pimstein L, Milena ^a   Venegas B, Eleonor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS   (Chile)

^b Oficina 209   (Chile)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Fungemia; Immunologic deficiency syndromes; Itraconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SHOCK; SKIN DEFECT; ACUTE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PAECILOMYCES;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PAECILOMYCES;

EID: 0038621737     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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