Invasive aspergillosis complicated by subclavian artery occlusion and costal osteomyelitis after autologous bone marrow transplantation.
Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
A 47 year old woman presented with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicated by subclavian artery occlusion and rib fracture due to fungal osteomyelitis. This followed persistent pancytopenia resulting from autologous bone marrow transplantation for metastatic breast cancer.
This article has been cited by other articles:
-
Lodge, B. A., Ashley, E. D., Steele, M. P., Perfect, J. R.
(2004). Aspergillus fumigatus Empyema, Arthritis, and Calcaneal Osteomyelitis in a Lung Transplant Patient Successfully Treated with Posaconazole. J. Clin. Microbiol.
42: 1376-1378
[Abstract] [Full Text]
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
