Invasive aspergillosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: A retrospective analysis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 385-389

  Carvalho Dias, Viviane Maria Hessel ^a,b   Sola, Caroline Bonamin Santos ^a   da Cunha, Clóvis Arns ^a   Shimakura, Sílvia Emiko ^a   Pasquini, Ricardo ^a   de Queiroz Telles, Flávio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised; Invasive aspergillosis; Transplant recipients

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BRAZIL; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65449151918     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000500008     Document Type: Article

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