Aspergillus sinusitis in patients with AIDS: Report of three cases and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 529-535

  Teh, Winnie ^a,b,c   Matti, Brenda S ^a,b,c   Mertz, Gregory J ^a,b,c   Marisiddaiah, Harish ^a,b,c   Minamoto, Grace Y ^a,b,c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CORTISPORIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; ITRACONAZOLE; METICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SINUSITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0029094284     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.3.529     Document Type: Article

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