Invasive aspergillosis causing small bowel infarction in a patient of carcinoma breast undergoing chemotherapy

Journal of Carcinogenesis

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chaudhary, Amit ^a   Jain, Vinod ^a   Dwivedi, Rama S ^b   Misra, Samir ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GALACTOMANNAN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL ASPERGILLOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE WALL; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MASTECTOMY; NEUTROPENIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746396067     PISSN: 14773163     EISSN: 14773163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-3163-5-18     Document Type: Article

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