Conidiobolomycosis in relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1321-1323

  Radhakrishnan, Nita ^a   Sachdeva, Anupam ^a   Oberoi, Jaswinder ^a   Yadav, Satya Prakash ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Conidiobolus; Invasive fungal infection; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPARAGINASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHOTREXATE; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; CONIDIOBOLUS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FATALITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPARAGINASE; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONIDIOBOLUS; DEBRIDEMENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; METHOTREXATE; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RECURRENCE; VINCRISTINE; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 70449727022     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22259     Document Type: Article

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