Invasive pulmonary infection due to Trichoderma longibrachiatum mimicking invasive aspergillosis in a neutropenic patient successfully treated with voriconazole combined with caspofungin

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Alanio, Alexandre ^a   Brethon, Benoît ^a   De Chauvin, Martine Feuilhade ^a   De Kerviler, Eric ^a   Leblanc, Thierry ^a   Lacroix, Claire ^a   Baruchel, André ^a   Menotti, Jean ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ECHINOCANDIN; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA LONGIBRACHIATUM; BLOOD DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHINOCANDINS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; PYRIMIDINES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAZOLES; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 43249111272     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587750     Document Type: Article

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