Aspergillus "fungus ball" of the bladder after hematopoietic transplantation in a pediatric patient: Successful treatment with intravesical voriconazole and surgery

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-245

  González Vicent, Marta ^a   Lassaletta, Alvaro ^a   López Pino, Miguel Angel ^a   Romero Tejada, Juan Carlos ^a   De La Fuente Trabado, Manuel ^a   Díaz, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Bladder; Fungus ball; Hematopoietic transplant; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BUSULFAN; CASPOFUNGIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUDARABINE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CYSTITIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 40149098560     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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