Concomitant Candida epiglottitis and disseminated Varicella zoster virus infection associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 757-759

  Chiou, Christine C ^a   Seibel, Nita L ^b   Derito, Francis A ^b   Bulas, Dorothy ^b   Walsh, Thomas J ^a   Groll, Andreas H ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Candida; Children; Epiglottitis; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 33751256281     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000243654.18314.c1     Document Type: Article

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