What is the clinical significance of positive blood cultures with Aspergillus sp in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients? A 23 year experience

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-306

  Simoneau, E ^a   Kelly, M ^a   Labbe, A C ^a   Roy, J ^a   Laverdiere M ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspergillemia; Aspergillus; Bloodstream infections; Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; STEROID;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLYSIS; FUNGEMIA; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13944262552     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704793     Document Type: Article

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