Invasive pulmonary mucormycosis with invasion of the thoracic spine in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome;Le cas clinique du mois: Mucormycose invasive du poumon et du rachis dorsal

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 702-706

  De Pasqual, A ^a   Deprez, M ^b   Ghaye, B ^b   Frere P ^b   Kaschten, B ^b   Hayette, M P ^b   Radermecker, M ^b   Martin, D ^b   Canivet, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute paraplegia; Invasive pulmonary mucormycosis; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; V FEND; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LAMINECTOMY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG MUCORMYCOSIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; DRUG COMBINATION; FATALITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRA;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 58449102681     PISSN: 00353663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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