Cunninghamella pneumonia in postbone marrow transplant patient: First case report from India

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 360-362

  Sivakumar, S ^a   Mathews, Mary S ^a   George, Biju ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant recipient; Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BUSULFAN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUDARABINE; GANCICLOVIR; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CUNNINGHAMELLA; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONMYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG MYCOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

CUNNINGHAMELLA; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FUNGI;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CUNNINGHAMELLA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INDIA; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 27744451184     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01139.x     Document Type: Article

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