A Breast Cancer Patient with Disseminated Scedosporium prolificans Infection

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages

  Strickland, Leah B ^a   Sandin, Ramon L ^a,b,c   Greene, John N ^a,b,c   Ahmad, Nazeel ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c USFCM   (United States)

^d USFCM ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Cancer, breast; Cancer, metastatic; Infection, fungal; Scedosporium prolificans

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBOPLATIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTAZIDIME ARGININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GENTAMICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; IMMUNEX; METHOTREXATE; METRIC; METRO; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; MITOXANTRONE; OFLOXACIN; PACLITAXEL; THIOTEPA; TOPOSAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MASTECTOMY; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS;

EID: 0346977505     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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