Disseminated sporotrichosis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia treated with amphotericin B and posaconazole

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-201

  Bunce, Paul E ^a,b   Yang, Lin ^c   Chun, Soohun ^a   Zhang, Sean X ^d   Trinkaus, Martina A ^a,e   Matukas, Larissa M ^a,b,e  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c McMaster School of Medicine   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy; Hairy cell leukemia; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INTOLERANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; RASH; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LEG; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; MALE; SKIN; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TRIAZOLES;

SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 84862909241     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.584074     Document Type: Article

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