Aureobasidium pneumonia in a post liver transplant recipient: A case report

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1215-1218

  Tan, Henkie P ^a   Wahlstrom, H Erik ^a   Zamora, Jose U ^a   Hassanein, Tarek ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium; Liver transplant; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPUTUM CULTURE; THROAT CULTURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0030803373     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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