Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with CML relapse undergoing imatinib therapy after bone marrow transplantation

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 444-446

  Lin, Jen Tsun ^a,b   Lee, Ming Yang ^a,b   Hsiao, Lian Tsai ^a,b   Yang, Mu Hua ^a,b   Chao, Ta Chon ^a,b   Chen, Po Min ^a,b   Chiou, Tzeon Jye ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Imatinib mesylate; Nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFOPERAZONE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB; METHOTREXATE; NYSTATIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MYCOSIS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, PHILADELPHIA-POSITIVE; LUNG; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PIPERAZINES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PYRIMIDINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 3042857521     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0813-z     Document Type: Article

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