Saccharomyces cerevisiae emboli in an immunocompromised patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-397

  Williams, J S ^a   Mufti, G J ^a   Powell, S ^a   Salisbury, J R ^a   Higgins, E M ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOFARABINE; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACK; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; DRUG ERUPTION; EMBOLISM; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; FACE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEG; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VASCULITIS;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARABINONUCLEOSIDES; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34249712418     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02375.x     Document Type: Article

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