Invasive mould disease involving the gastrointestinal tract caused by Neosartorya pseudofischeri in a haematological patient

Mycoses

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-388

  Toskova, Martina ^a   Palousova, Dita ^a   Kocmanova, Iva ^a   Pavlovsky, Zdenek ^a   Timilsina, Shira ^a   Lengerova, Martina ^a,b   Mayer, Jiri ^a,b   Racil, Zdenek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; DIARRHEA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOSIS; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEOSARTORYA; NEOSARTORYA PSEUDOFISCHERI; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MYCOSES; NEOSARTORYA; NEUTROPENIA;

NEOSARTORYA PSEUDOFISCHERI;

EID: 84876317989     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12038     Document Type: Article

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