Fatal ophiostoma piceae infection in a patient withacute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-385

  Bommer, Martin ^a   Hütter, Marie Luise ^a   Stilgenbauer, Stephan ^a   De Hoog, G Sybren ^b   De Beer, Z Wilhelm ^c   Wellinghausen, Nele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPARAGINASE MACROGOL; CASPOFUNGIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; IMIPENEM; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POSACONAZOLE; VINCRISTINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHIOSTOMA PICEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; OPHIOSTOMA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61449241683     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.005280-0     Document Type: Article

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