Aureobasidium pullulans infection: Fungemia in an infant and a review of human cases

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-213

  Hawkes, Michael ^a   Rennie, Robert ^b   Sand, Crystal ^b   Vaudry, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17644370018     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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