Pulmonary zygomycosis: A radiographic and clinical spectrum

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 85-90

  Rubin, Sanford A ^a   Chaljub, Gregory ^a   Winer Muram, Helen T ^b   Flicker, Stephanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKEMIA; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG MYCOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHIZOPUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0026700755     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-199209000-00011     Document Type: Article

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