Fusarium fungaemia in severely neutropenic patients

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 467-469

  Yildiran, Sinasi Taner ^a   Komurcu S ^a   Saracli M A ^a   Gonlum A ^a   Beyan, C ^a   Gun H ^a   Yalcin A ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fungaemia; Fusarium; Fusarium verticillioides; Neutropenic patient

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0345471428     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00707.x     Document Type: Article

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