Disseminated Fusarium infection with brain abscesses in a lung transplant recipient

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 417-421

  Kleinschmidt DeMasters, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal; Fungus; Fusariosis; Lung transplantation; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIOSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUTROPENIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN DEFECT; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 70549109860     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/npp28417     Document Type: Article

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