Isolated bilateral renal aspergillosis: An unusual presentation in an immunocompetent host

Renal Failure

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 839-843

  Sud, Kamal ^a   D'Cruz, Sanjay ^a   Kohli, Harbir S ^a   Jha, Vivekanand ^a   Gupta, Krishan L ^a   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a   Joshi, Kusum ^a   Sakhuja, Vinay ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Aspergillosis; Fungal infections; Renal aspergillosis; Renal infections

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0031772827     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229809045181     Document Type: Article

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