Pichia farinosa bloodstream infection in a lymphoma patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3456-3458

  Adler, A ^a   Hidalgo Grass, C ^a   Boekhout, T ^b   Theelen, B ^b   Sionov, E ^a   Polacheck, I ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METHOTREXATE; PIPERACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE REPORT; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PICHIA; PICHIA FARINOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; PICHIA;

PICHIA FARINOSA;

EID: 35348851472     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00788-07     Document Type: Article

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