Outbreak of Blastoschizomyces spp. infection in a haematology unit: Study of 6 cases and finding of the source of infectio;Brote de Blastoschizomyces spp. en una unidad de hematología: descripción de 6 episodios y hallazgo de la fuente contaminante

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 135, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 672-674

  Batlle, Montserrat ^a   María Dolores, Quesada ^a   Moreno, Miriam ^a   Josep Maria, Ribera ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; MELPHALAN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; BLASTOSCHIZOMYCES; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN;

EID: 78149358760     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2009.03.030     Document Type: Letter

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