The use of respiratory-tract cultures in the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-178

  Horvath, Joseph A ^b   Dummer, Stephen ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030029842     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)89455-7     Document Type: Article

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