Invasive aspergillosis caused by cryptic Aspergillus species: A report of two consecutive episodes in a patient with leukaemia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART3, 2013, Pages 474-478

  Peláez, Teresa ^a,b,c   Álvarez Pérez, Sergio ^a   Mellado, Emilia ^d   Serrano, David ^a   Valerio, Maricela ^a   Blanco, José L ^b   Garcia, Marta E ^b   Muñoz, Patricia ^a,b,c   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIBAVIRIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CALIDOUSTUS; ASPERGILLUS NOVOFUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS VIRIDINUTANS; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSOLIDATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENGRAFTMENT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84874280854     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.044867-0     Document Type: Article

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