Pneumothorax complicating fatal bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia

Respiration

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 266-268

  Kofteridis, Diamantis P ^a   Bouros, Demosthenes E ^a   Vamvakas, Lambros N ^a   Stefanaki, Kalliopi S ^a   Voludaki, Argiro E ^a   Barbounakis, Emmanuil M ^a   Emmanouel, Dimitrios S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans; Pneumonia; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033010325     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029371     Document Type: Article

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