The significance of blood cultures positive for emerging saprophytic moulds in cancer patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 922-925

  Lionakis, M S ^a   Bodey, G P ^a   Tarrand, J J ^a   Raad, I I ^a   Kontoyiannis, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Cancer patients; Emerging saprophytic moulds; Fungaemia; Scedosporium spp.

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKEMIA; MOULD; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCEDOSPORIUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

PAECILOMYCES; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS;

EID: 6444230940     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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