Emergence of blastoschizomyces capitatus yeast infections, Central Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-101

  Birrenbach, Tanja ^a   Bertschy, Sonja ^b   Aebersold, Franziska ^b   Mueller, Nicolas J ^c   Achermann, Yvonne ^c   Muehlethaler, Konrad ^d   Zimmerli, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYSTITIS; DIPODASCUS CAPITATUS; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84856569697     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.111192     Document Type: Article

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