Scedosporiosis in patients with acute leukemia: A retrospective multicenter report

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-110

  Caira, Morena ^a   Girmenia, Corrado ^c   Valentini, Caterina Giovanna ^a   Sanguinetti, Maurizio ^a   Bonini, Alessandro ^b   Rossi, Giovanni ^a   Fianchi, Luana ^a   Leone, Giuseppe ^a   Pagano, Livio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Epidemiology; Fungal infection; Pseudallescheria; Scedosporium

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEOXYCOLATE AMPHOTERICIN B; POSACONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK; SCEDOSPORIOSIS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SKIN BIOPSY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCEDOSPORIUM; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 38849115082     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.11740     Document Type: Article

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