Breakthrough trichosporonosis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia receiving micafungin

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1182-1183

  Akagi, Tomoaki ^a   Yamaguti, Kohei ^a   Kawamura, Tizuko ^a   Nakumura, Toshihiko ^a   Kubo, Komei ^a   Takemori, Hiromitu ^a  

^a AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACLARUBICIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MYCOSES; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 33746281716     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190500272499     Document Type: Article

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