Fatal, complete splenic infarction and hepatic infection due to disseminated Trichosporon beigelii infection: CT findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 228-230

  Viscomi, S G ^a   Mortele K J ^a   Cantisani, V ^a   Glickman, J ^a   Silverman, S G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Spleen, infarction; Spleen, infection; Trichosporum beigelii

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; IOPROMIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER INJURY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII; VOMITING;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SPLENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 1642332401     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0099-6     Document Type: Article

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