Fungal brain abscesses in leukemia

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 991-994

  Athanassiadou, Fani ^a,c   Tragiannidis, Athanassios ^a   Papageorgiou, Theodotis ^a   Velegraki, Aristea ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Aspergillus; Brain abscess; Cryptococcus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BENDAMUSTINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ASPERGILLOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; FATALITY; PATHOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS;

EID: 33947163001     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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