Invasive rhino-maxillary mucormycosis diagnosed before HSCT

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 393-395

  Piccin, Andrea ^a   Russell, John D ^a   Fleming, Patrick ^a   Butler, Karina ^a   McDermott, Michael ^a   Smith, Owen P ^a   O'Marcaigh, Aengus ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ALL; HSCT; Mucormycosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HEPARIN; METHOTREXATE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VINCRISTINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, ADULT T-CELL; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES;

EID: 37549030540     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20994     Document Type: Article

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