Time trends in fungal infections as a cause of death in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: An autopsy study

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 746-755

  Alsharif, Mariam ^a,c   Cameron, Stuart E H ^a   Young, Jo Anne H ^a   Savik, Kay ^b   Henriksen, Jonathan C ^a   Gulbahce, H Evin ^a   Pambuccian, Stefan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fungal infections; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Infectious complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREND STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449707664     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPV9DC4HGPANKR     Document Type: Article

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