Successful intensive chemotherapy followed by autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia and hepatosplenic candidiasis: Case report and review of literature: Case report

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-166

  Poon, L M ^a   Chia, H Y ^a   Tan, L K ^a   Liu, T C ^a   Koh, Liang Piu ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Hematopoietic stem cell transplant; Hepatosplenic candidiasis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CELECOXIB; CYTARABINE; FLUCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENIC CANDIDIASIS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CYTARABINE; ECHINOCANDINS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LIVER DISEASES; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64249087845     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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