Breakthrough Fusarium solani infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia receiving posaconazole prophylaxis

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1079-1081

  Wu, Cheng Han ^a   Lu, Po Liang ^a,b   Hsiao, Hui Hua ^a,b   Liu, Ta Chih ^a,b   Lin, Sheng Fung ^a,b   Chang, Chao Sung ^a,b   Hsu, Jui Feng ^a   Liu, Yi Chang ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFEPIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; POSACONAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEBPA GENE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN NECROSIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYTARABINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; IDARUBICIN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; TRIAZOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902303668     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-013-1943-6     Document Type: Letter

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