Pulmonary tuberculosis associated with invasive pseudallescheriasis

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 508-511

  Tekavec, Jasna ^a   Mlinarié Missoni, Emilija ^b   Babic Vazic, Verica ^c  

^a Hosp for Lung Dis and TB Klenovnik   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Pseudallescheria boydii; Scedosporium apiospermum; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031025262     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.2.508     Document Type: Article

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