Disseminated infection by Bipolaris spicifera in an immunocompetent subject

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-365

  Kobayashi, Hiromi ^a   Sano, Ayako ^c   Aragane, Naoko ^a   Fukuoka, Mami ^b   Tanaka, Masahide ^a   Kawaura, Futoshi ^a   Fukuno, Yuji ^a   Matsuishi, Eijo ^a   Hayashi, Shinichiro ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NHO Saga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolaris spicifera; Disseminated disease; Liver; Lung; Lupus anticoagulant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ITRACONAZOLE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIPOLARIS SPICIFERA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PORTAL VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRIAZOLES;

BIPOLARIS SPICIFERA;

EID: 42349093781     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701883490     Document Type: Article

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