Aspergillus in cytology specimens: A review of 45 specimens from 36 patients

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-30

  Fischler, Diana F ^a   Hall, Geraldine S ^a   Gordon, Steven ^a   Stoler, Mark H ^b   Nunez, Carlos ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

amphotericin B; aspergillus; fungal elements

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031041384     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199701)16:1<26::AID-DC6>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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