Cutaneous alternariosis revealing acute myeloid leukaemia in an adult patient

Mycoses

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 227-230

  Ioannidou, D ^a   Maraki, S ^a   Kruger Krasagakis S ^a   Stefanidou, M ^a   Krasagakis, K ^a   Alexandrakis, M ^a   Tosca, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternaria alternata; Alternariosis; Cutaneous infection; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ALTERNARIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUTANEOUS ALTERNARIOSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MYCOSIS; MYELODYSPLASIA; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SKIN;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA;

EID: 3142555965     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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