Invasive aspergillosis in patients with solid tumors

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2300-2302

  Ohmagari, Norio ^a   Raad, Isaam I ^a   Hachem, Ray ^a   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Invasive aspergillosis (IA); Neutropenia; Solid tumor; Steroids

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7644240610     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20647     Document Type: Article

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