Two possible cases of Trichosporon infections in bone-marrow-transplanted children: The first case of T. japonicum isolated from clinical specimens

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-132

  Aǧirbaşli, Handan ^a,f   Bilgen, Hulya ^a   Özcan, Sema Keceli ^b   Otlu, Baris ^c   Sinik, Gulce ^d   Çerikçioǧlu, Nilgün ^d   Durmaz, Riza ^c   Can, Emine ^a   Yalman, Nevin ^a   Gedikoǧlu, Gunduz ^a   Sugita, Takashi ^e  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THROAT CULTURE; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; TRICHOSPORON JAPONICUM; URINALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDARUBICIN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 43449117782     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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