An Unusual Cause of Central Nervous System Infection During Acute Myeloid Leukemia Induction Chemotherapy: Acanthamoeba Brain Abscess

Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion - Tập 34 - Trang 153-155 - 2017
Ram V. Nampoothiri1, Pankaj Malhotra1, Ankur Jain1, Nitya Batra2, Kirti Gupta3, Fen Saj1, Sumeeta Khurana2, Harsha Mahalingam4, Anupam Lal4, Kanchan Mukherjee5, Bishan Radotra6, Subhash Varma1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
2Department of Microbiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
3Department of Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
4Department of Radiology and Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
5Department of Neurosurgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
6Department of Histopathology, Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

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Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion

Tập 34

153-155

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