Pulmonary Pseudoaneurysm Due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a Breast Cancer Patient

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-204

  Castellano, Dominic M ^a   Greene, John N ^a,b   Robinson, Lary A ^a,c   Sandin, Ramon L ^a,b   Muro Cacho, Carlos A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c USFCM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aspergillus; Cancer, breast; Complications, pulmonary; Infection, fungal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012123894     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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