Improved outcome of zygomycosis in patients with hematological diseases?

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1351-1360

  Gleissner, B ^a   Schilling, A ^a   Anagnostopolous, I ^a   Siehl, I ^a   Thiel, E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Itraconazole; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTARABINE; DEFEROXAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GENACONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MELPHALAN; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISOLONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INFECTION; CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NOSE INFECTION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORBIT INFECTION; PHLEGMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ETHMOID SINUSITIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LIPOSOMES; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NOSE DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 2542637821     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190310001653691     Document Type: Review

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