A fatal case of measles pneumonia complicating an adult recipient of hemopoietic stem cell transplantation during the nationwide epidemic in Korea

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 410-411

  Lee, Dong Gun ^a   Yoo, Jin Hong ^a   Choi, Jung Hyun ^a   Choi, Su Mi ^a   Park, Sun Hee ^a   Kim, Yoo Jin ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Shin, Wan Shik ^a   Kim, Chun Choo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULPERAZON; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MEASLES; PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MEASLES; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33746895198     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.09.007     Document Type: Letter

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