Fungemia in acute leukemia patients: A single institution's experience

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Specchia, G ^a,b   Pastore, D ^b   Montagna, M T ^b   Carluccio, P ^b   Ciuffreda, L ^b   Rizzi, R ^b   Liso, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Fungemia; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NYSTATIN; POLYENE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; RELAPSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 11844252020     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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