Catheter-associated fungemia due to Exophiala oligosperma in a leukemic child and review of fungemia cases caused by Exophiala species

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 729-732

  Al Obaid, I ^a   Ahmad, S ^b   Khan, Z U ^b   Dinesh, B ^a   Hejab, H M ^a  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFOTAXIME; CLOXACILLIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA;

CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; DNA SEQUENCE; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA OLIGOSPERMA; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MYCOSES;

EID: 33751316425     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0205-0     Document Type: Review

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