Trichosporon asahii sepsis in a patient with pediatric malignancy

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 146-149

  Ozkaya Parlakay, Aslinur ^a   Karadag Oncel, Eda ^a   Cengiz, Ali Bulent ^a   Kara, Ates ^a   Yigit, Atilla ^a   Gucer, Safak ^a   Gur, Deniz ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Sepsis; Trichosporon asahii

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MICAFUNGIN; TEICOPLANIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DEVICE REMOVAL; EWING SARCOMA; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HEMIPELVECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; IMPLANT; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEPSIS; SKIN NECROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; TRICHOSPORONOSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABYRINTHITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TRICHOSPORON;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LABYRINTHITIS; MALE; SARCOMA, EWING; SEPSIS; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORONOSIS;

EID: 84958040363     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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