Disseminated Geotrichum capitatum infection in a neutropenic patient with acute leukaemia [2];Infección diseminada por Geotrichum capitatum con evolución rápidamente desfavorable en un paciente con leucemia aguda y neutropenia

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 123, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 557-558

  Batlle, Montserrat ^a   Giménez, Montserrat ^a   Sancho, Juan Manuel ^a   Ribera, Josep M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOTRICHUM CAPITATUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 9344225105     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13067551     Document Type: Letter

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