Successful treatment of post-influenza pseudomembranous necrotising bronchial aspergillosis with liposomal amphotericin, inhaled amphotericin B, gamma interferon and GM-CSF

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1047-1049

  Boots, R J ^a   Paterson, D L ^a   Allworth, A M ^a   Faoagali, J L ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Influenza; Tracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032719717     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.11.1047     Document Type: Article

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