Acute airway obstruction due to necrotizing tracheobronchial aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients: A new clinical entity

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 718-720

  Berlinger, Norman T ^a   Freeman, Todd J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; Aspergillus; bone marrow transplantation; mycetoma; neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; FATALITY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRACHEITIS;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHI; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; NECROSIS; NEUTROPENIA; TRACHEA; TRACHEITIS;

EID: 0024446289     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: 19433572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348948909800911     Document Type: Article

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