Mucormycosis in patients with haematological malignancies: A retrospective clinical study of 37 cases

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-336

  Pagano, Livio ^a   Ricci, Paolo ^b   Tonso, Anna ^b   Nosari, Annamaria ^b   Cudillo, Laura ^b   Montillo, Marco ^b   Cenacchi, Annarita ^b   Pacilli, Leonardo ^b   Fabbiano, Francesco ^b   Del Favero, Albano ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Lymphoma; Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NYSTATIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DEBRIDEMENT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYCOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 9844219751     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.3983214.x     Document Type: Article

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