Fatal disseminated mucormycosis in a patient with mantle cell non-hodgkin's lymphoma: An autopsy case

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 238-241

  Alacacioglu, Inci ^a   Kargi, Aydanur ^a   Ozcan, Mehmet Ali ^a   Piskin, Ozden ^a   Solak, Cilem ^a   Secil, Mustafa ^a   Unlu, Mehtat ^a   Demirkan, Fatih ^a   Ozsan, Guner Hayri ^a   Undar, Bulent ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Lymphoma; Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECTHYMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RECURRENT FEVER; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SPLEEN INFARCTION; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

AUTOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, MANTLE-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 77749295009     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702009000300017     Document Type: Article

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