Critical pulmonary infection due to nontuberculous mycobacterium in pediatric leukemia: Report of a difficult diagnosis and review of pediatric series

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-70

  Arlotta, Annalisa ^a   Cefalo, Maria G ^a   Maurizi, Palma ^a   Ruggiero, Antonio ^a   Dodi, Icilio ^b   Riccardi, Riccardo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Nontuberculous mycobacterium; Open lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; RIFAMPICIN; VINCRISTINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MAINTENANCE CHEMOTHERAPY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84891831417     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182841737     Document Type: Review

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