Disseminated Trichosporonosis Caused by Trichosporon loubieri

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5317-5320

  Marty, Francisco M ^a   Barouch, Dan H ^a   Coakley, Eoin P ^b   Baden, Lindsey R ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INVASION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORON LOUBIERI; TRICHOSPORONOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TRICHOSPORON;

TRICHOSPORON LOUBIERI;

EID: 0242425712     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5317-5320.2003     Document Type: Article

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