Disseminated Scopulariopsis brevicaulis infection in an allogeneic stem cell recipient

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1276-1277

  Vignon, M ^a   Michonneau, D ^a   Baixench, M T ^a   Al Nawakil, C ^a   Bouscary, D ^a   Buzyn, A ^b   Salmon, D ^a   Paugam, A ^a  

^a Université Paris Descartes ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; LINEZOLID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POSACONAZOLE; RETINOIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCELIUM; NASAL BIOPSY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINUSITIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; THORAX PAIN; TOMOGRAPHY; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MYCOSES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SCOPULARIOPSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 80052449214     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.292     Document Type: Article

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