Aspergillus niger pneumonia with fatal pulmonary oxalosis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-100

  Nakagawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Shimazu, Kazuyoshi ^a   Ebihara, Monioko ^a   Nakagawa, Kazuko ^b  

^a National Kumamoto Minami Hospital   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergilloma; Aspergillus niger; Calcium oxalate crystals; Exotoxin; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CALCIUM OXALATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; OXALOSIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032982889     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101560050016     Document Type: Article

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