Skin microvascular thrombosis in fusarium infection in two early biopsied cases

Case Reports in Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 76-81

  Fan, Yang ^a,b   Willems, Lise ^c   Leboeuf, Christophe ^a,b   Li, Wang ^a,b   Lacroix, Claire ^b,c   Robin, Marie ^d   Socié, Gérard ^a,b,d   Ribaud, Patricia ^b,d   Verneuil, Laurence ^a,e   Janin, Anne ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Service des Greffes   (France)

^e CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fusarium; Microvessel; Skin biopsy; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; THROMBOSIS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 79951997025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313934     Document Type: Article

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