Lung infection due to opportunistic fungus, Phialemonium obovatum, in a bone marrow transplant recipient: An emerging infection with fungemia and Crohn disease-like involvement of the gastrointestinal tract

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 227-230

  Scott, Rolf Sjuve ^a   Sutton, Deanna A ^a   Jagirdar, Jaishree ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn disease; Fungemia; Fungus; Immunocompromised; Lung; Necrotizing; Phialemonium obovatum; Posaconazole; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SEROLOGY; SKIN; STOMACH;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 23444457966     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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