First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-23

  Dien Bard, Jennifer ^a   Mangahis, Aida ^b   Hofstra, Thomas C ^a   Bender, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Fungemia; Mucormycosis; Rhizomucor

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; ETOPOSIDE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COUGHING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84903124592     PISSN: 22117539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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