Ante-mortem diagnosis of localized invasive esophageal aspergillosis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 603-605

  Chionh, Fiona ^a   Herbert, Kirsten E ^a   Seymour, John F ^a   Prince, H Miles ^a   Wolf, Max ^a   Zimet, Alan ^a   Tam, Constantine ^a   Kennedy, Glen A ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Aspergillosis; Gastrointestinal infection; Opportunistic; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFEPIME; CYTARABINE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROXYUREA; IDARUBICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; LIVER ENZYME; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; VALACICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 17844400096     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190400025138     Document Type: Article

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