Polypoid bronchial lesions due to Scedosporium apiospermum in a patient with Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 745-747

  Murayama, T ^a   Amitani, R ^a   Tsuyuguchi, K ^a   Watanabe, I ^a   Kimoto, T ^a   Suzuki, K ^a   Tanaka, E ^a   Kamei, K ^b   Nishimura, K ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Mycobacterium avium complex; Polypoid bronchial lesion; Scedosporium apiospermum

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MADUROMYCOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PSEUDALLESCHERIA;

EID: 0031679922     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12030745     Document Type: Article

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