Acremonium strictum fungaemia in a Paediatric immunocompromised patient: Diagnosis and treatment difficulties

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-164

  Hitoto, Hikombo ^a,b   Pihet, Marc ^a   Weil, Béatrice ^a   Chabasse, Dominique ^a   Bouchara, Jean Philippe ^a   Rachieru Sourisseau, Petronella ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DU MANS   (France)

Author keywords

Acremonium strictum; Acute myeloid leukaemia; Opportunistic infections

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACREMONIUM; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPENIA; COMPLICATION; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE;

ACREMONIUM; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CHILD; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES; VORICONAZOLE;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77954457997     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9306-5     Document Type: Article

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