Polymicrobial candidaemia revealed by peripheral blood smear and chromogenic medium

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-198

  Yera, H ^a   Poulain, D ^a   Lefebvre, A ^b   Camus, D ^a   Sendid, B ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BUSULFAN; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; SARCOLYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; CANDIDIASIS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; SARCOMA, EWING'S;

EID: 0842308945     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.9340     Document Type: Article

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