Aspergillus tracheobronchitis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1145-1149

  Machida, U ^a,b   Kami, M ^a   Kanda, Y ^a   Takeuchi, K ^a   Akahane, M ^a   Yamaguchi, I ^a   Kakiuchi, C ^a   Takeda, N ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a   Chiba, S ^a   Honda, H ^a   Hirai, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Bone marrow transplantation; Pseudomembrane; Steroid; Tracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032757536     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702030     Document Type: Article

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