Diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis in patients with hematological malignancies: Guidelines from the 3rd European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL 3)

Haematologica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 492-504

  Skiada, Anna ^a   Lanternier, Fanny ^b,c   Groll, Andreas H ^d   Pagano, Livio ^e   Zimmerli, Stephan ^f   Herbrecht, Raoul ^g   Lortholary, Olivier ^b,c   Petrikkos, George L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEFERASIROX; DEFERIPRONE; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ISAVUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LEUKEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG LESION; MICROBIOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MUCORMYCOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84875641566     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2012.065110     Document Type: Article

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