Vesicles as initial skin manifestation of disseminated fusariosis after non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 631-633

  Hamaki, Tamae ^a,b   Kami, Masahiro ^b   Kishi, Akiko ^a   Kusumi, Eiji ^a   Kishi, Yukiko ^a   Iwata, Hiroshi ^a   Miyakoshi, Shigesaburo ^a   Ueyama, Junichi ^a   Morinaga, Shinichi ^a   Taniguchi, Shuichi ^a   Ohara, Kuniaki ^a   Muto, Yoshitomo ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disseminated fusariosis; Fungal blisters; Non myeloablative stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUDARABINE; GANCICLOVIR; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FECES CULTURE; FEVER; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; MALE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SIBLING; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPUTUM CULTURE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

BLISTER; FATAL OUTCOME; FUNGEMIA; FUSARIUM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, MANTLE-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOSES; SKIN DISEASES; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 10744227910     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000151941     Document Type: Article

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