Usefulness of the MSG/IFICG/EORTC diagnostic criteria of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in the clinical management of patients with acute leukaemia developing pulmonary infiltrates

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-210

  Borlenghi, Erika ^a   Cattaneo, Chiara ^a   Capucci, Maria Adele ^a   Pan, Angelo ^b   Quaresmini, Giulia ^a   Franco, Fabio ^c   Grazioli, Luigi ^c   Carosi, Gian Piero ^b   Rossi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UO Ematologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Servizio di Radiologia I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Aspergillosis; Diagnostic criteria

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; CIPROFLOXACIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OFLOXACIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846700814     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-006-0204-3     Document Type: Article

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