Rhizomucor variabilis var. regularior and Hormographiella aspergillata infections in a leukemic bone marrow transplant recipient with refractory neutropenia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4176-4179

  Abuali, Mayssa M ^a   Posada, Roberto ^a   Del Toro, Gustavo ^a   Roman, Elizabeth ^a   Ramani, Rama ^b   Chaturvedi, Sudha ^b   Chaturvedi, Vishnu ^b   LaBombardi, Vincent J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HORMOGRAPHIELLA ASPERGILLATA; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LEUKEMIA; MOULD; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR VARIABILIS; SKIN INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COPRINUS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; PALATE; RHIZOMUCOR;

RHIZOMUCOR VARIABILIS;

EID: 71549121030     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00305-09     Document Type: Article

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