Pulmonary aspergillosis caused by a pan-azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in a 10-year-old boy

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-270

  Thors, Valtyr S ^a   Bierings, Marc B ^a   Melchers, Willem J G ^b   Verweij, Paul E ^b   Wolfs, Tom F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antifungal drugs; Aspergillus fumigatus; azole resistance; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; invasive aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; FOSCARNET; ITRACONAZOLE; PYRROLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX EXAMINATION; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 79951672683     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182037879     Document Type: Article

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