Cutaneous Fusarium solani infection in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Cooke, N S ^a   Feighery, C ^a   Armstrong, D K B ^a   Walsh, M ^a   Dempsey, S ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; DEXAMETHASONE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; POSACONAZOLE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HUMAN; LEG; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LIMB; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUTROPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SCAR; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRUNK;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 66449113921     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03164.x     Document Type: Article

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