Geotrichum capitatum septicemia in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Report of three cases

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-90

  Saghrouni, Fatma ^a   Abdeljelil, Jihene Ben ^a   Youssef, Yosra Ben ^a   Abdeljelil, Nour Ben ^b   Gheith, Soukeina ^a   Fathallah, Akila ^a   Said, Moncef Ben ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Fungemia; Geotrichum capitatum; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; IMIPENEM; MITOXANTRONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSILOMETER TEST; FATALITY; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNUSIOMYCES CAPITATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84867237345     PISSN: 22117539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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