Ecthyma Gangrenosum Caused by Disseminated Exserohilum in a Child with Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-497

  Levy, Itzhak ^a   Stein, Jeremiah ^a   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a   Samra, Zmira ^a,b   Livni, Gilat ^a   Yaniv, Itzhak ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINE; CEFTAZIDIME; DEXAMETHASONE; ITRACONAZOLE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ECTHYMA; ECTHYMA GANGRENOSUM; EXSEROHILUM; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FUNGUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FUNGEMIA; GANGRENE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI;

EID: 0346433974     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2003.20608.x     Document Type: Article

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