Breakthrough cutaneous alternariosis in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Clinical features and diagnostic issues

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 154-155

  Podda, Luigi ^a   Fozza, Claudio ^a   Nieddu, Rosa ^a   Sanna, Silvana ^a   Paglietti, Bianca ^a   Vacca, Adriana ^b   La Nasa, Giorgio ^b   Longinotti, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Unità operativa Centro Trapianti di Midollo Osseo   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; FLUDARABINE; FUNGAL DNA; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IDARUBICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ALTERNARIOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PYRIMIDINES; SKIN DISEASES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 38549088381     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190701732853     Document Type: Article

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