Giant blastoconidia of Candida albicans: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 868-871

  Alasio, Teresa M ^a,b   Lento, Patrick A ^a   Bottone, Edward J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038693123     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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