Fatal aspergillus rhinosinusitis during induction chemotherapy in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 367-369

  Vlaardingerbroek, Hester ^a,b   Van Der Flier, Michiel ^a   Borgstein, Johannes A ^a   Lequin, Maarten H ^a   Van Der Sluis, Inge M ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ALL; Aspergillus rhinosinusitis; Infection; Mycotic aneurysm; Pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GALACTOMANNAN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INSULIN; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG LAVAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FATALITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 66149112533     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181983c71     Document Type: Article

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