Sinus surgery combined with antifungal therapy is effective in the treatment of invasive aspergillus sinusitis in neutropenic patients with cancer

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 539-542

  Hachem, R Y ^a   Boktour, M R ^a   Hanna, H A ^a   Husni, R ^a   Hanna, E Y ^b   Keutgen, X ^a   Shukrallah, B ^a   Raad, I I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ECHINOCANDIN; ITRACONAZOLE; POLYENE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLUS SINUSITIS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NOSE SURGERY; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BLOOD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62249209608     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-7388-5     Document Type: Article

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