Breakthrough infection of Trichosporon asahii in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia [4]

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-178

  Miura, Yasuo ^a   Kaneko, Masahiko ^a   Nishizawa, Masatoshi ^a   Okamoto, Kohei ^a   Hirai, Mihoko ^a   Kaneko, Hitomi ^a   Watanabe, Mitsumasa ^a   Tsudo, Mitsuru ^a  

^a OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; BLOOD SMEAR; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; LUNG COMPLICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEGMON; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 33847654829     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.06220     Document Type: Letter

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