Pulmonary mycotoxicosis: A clinicopathologic study of three cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 432-436

  Perry, Lina P ^a   Iwata, Masatoshi ^c   Tazelaar, Henry D ^b   Colby, Thomas V ^c   Yousem, Samuel A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse alveolar damage; Farmer's lung; Lung; Organic dust toxic syndrome; Pulmonary mycotoxicosis; Silo undloaders's syndrome

Indexed keywords

METHENAMINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FARMER LUNG; FEVER; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG INFECTION; MALAISE; MALE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; ORGANIC DUST; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; BIOPSY; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOTOXICOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0031978208     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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