Fusarium solani fungemia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-21

  Sridhar, Hema ^a   Subramanyam, Jayshree R ^b   Appaji, L ^a   Shafiulla, M ^b   VijayKumar, B R ^b  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FUNGEMIA; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGEMIA; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 0041412633     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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