Invasive gastrointestinal aspergillosis in an immunocompromised host

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-440

  Hasosah, Mohammed Y ^a,c   Enemuo, Valantine ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; INFLIXIMAB; PREDNISOLONE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALE; RASH; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGILLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649172175     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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