Risk factors and outcomes associated with identification of Aspergillus in respiratory specimens from persons with HIV disease

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-137

  Wallace, Jeanne Marie ^a,b   Lim, Rosemarie ^b   Browdy, Ben L ^b   Hopewell, Philip C ^c   Glassroth, Jeffrey ^d   Rosen, Mark J ^e   Reichman, Lee B ^f   Kvale, Paul A ^g  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; HIV; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031847667     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.1.131     Document Type: Article

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