Adjuvant corticosteroid therapy in Hepatosplenic candidiasis-related Iris

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bayram, Cengiz ^a   Fettah, Ali ^a   Yarali, Nese ^a   Kara, Abdurrahman ^a   Azik, Fatih Mehmet ^a   Tavil, Betul ^a   Tunc, Bahattin ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARAGINASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOSPLENIC CANDIDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG LESION; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TACHYPNEA; THRUSH;

EID: 84875977756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2012.018     Document Type: Article

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