Primary gut aspergillosis in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia: The importance of early suspicion and definitive treatment

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Elizabeth ^a   Hussein, Hayder ^a   Todiwala, Adil ^a   Kirby, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GUT ASPERGILLOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84898637559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202316     Document Type: Article

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