Deep cutaneous fungal infections in immunocompromised children

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 857-864

  Marcoux, Danielle ^a   Jafarian, Fatemeh ^a   Joncas, Valérie ^a   Buteau, Chantal ^a   Kokta, Victor ^a   Moghrabi, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

deep cutaneous fungal infection; immunocompromised children; mold infections

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; STEROID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; BLASTOMYCETES; CANDIDA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXSEROHILUM ROSTRATUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 70349835326     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.02.052     Document Type: Review

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