Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as fatal massive haemoptysis in a renal transplant recipient

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3258-3260

  Gupta, Krishan Lal ^a   Khullar, Dinesh K ^a   Behera, Digambar ^a   Radotra, Bish D ^a   Sakhuja, Vinay ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bronchial biopsy; Diabetes mellitus; Massive haemoptysis; Pulmonary mucormycosis; Renal transplant recipient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

EID: 0031757898     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.12.3258     Document Type: Article

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