Presumed Scopulariopsis brevicaulis chorioretinitis in a stem cell transplant recipient

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-315

  Szental, Joshua A ^a   Kam, Jonathan K ^b   Yohendran, Jay ^c   Morrissey, Orla ^a,b   Hall, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLIXIMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADULT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COTTON WOOL SPOT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARACENTESIS; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHORIORETINITIS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 77953179335     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02244.x     Document Type: Letter

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