Scedosporium apiospermum infection after near-drowning

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 412-421

  Katragkou, Aspasia ^a   Dotis, John ^a   Kotsiou, Maria ^b   Tamiolaki, Maria ^b   Roilides, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Near drowning; Pseudallescheria boydii; Scedosporiosis; Scedosporium apiospermum

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; SAPERCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NEAR DROWNING; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCEDOSPORIOSIS; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEAR DROWNING; PYRIMIDINES; RARE DISEASES; SCEDOSPORIUM; TRIAZOLES;

FUNGI; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII;

EID: 34547869214     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01388.x     Document Type: Review

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