Fatal disseminated Blastoschizomyces capitatus (Geotrichum capitatum) in a patient with relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia [5]

Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-322

  Pimentel, Jason D ^a   Baker, Melissa ^a   Woodgyer, Alan J ^b   Harris, Owen C ^a  

^a Department of Anatomical Pathology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFEPIME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IDARUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; VINBLASTINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; BLASTOSCHIZOMYCES CAPITATUS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GEOTRICHUM CAPITATUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

EID: 23944488477     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020500169222     Document Type: Article

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