Fatal pulmonary infection in a leukaemic patient caused by Hormographiella aspergillata

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 685-688

  Lagrou, Katrien ^a   Massonet, Caroline ^a   Theunissen, Koen ^a   Meersseman, Wouter ^a   Lontie, Marc ^b   Verbeken, Eric ^a   Van Eldere, Johan ^a   Maertens, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Laboratory for Microbiology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CYTARABINE; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HORMOGRAPHIELLA ASPERGILLATA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGARICALES; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COPRINUS; DNA, INTERGENIC; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MANNANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21244479724     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46016-0     Document Type: Article

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