Paecilomyces variotii fungemia in a patient with multiple myeloma: Case report and literature review

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Salle, Valery ^b   Lecuyer, Emmanuelle ^b   Chouaki, Taieb ^b   Lescure, Francois Xavier ^b   Smail, Amar ^b   Vaidie, Agnes ^b   Dayen, Charles ^b   Schmit, Jean Luc ^b   Ducroix, Jean Pierre ^b   Douadi, Youcef ^a  

^a Service de Pneumologie   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fungemia; Infection; Myeloma; Paecylomyces; Variotii

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MELPHALAN; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DEATH; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHUMAN; PAECILOMYCES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOSES; PAECILOMYCES;

EID: 27644508732     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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