Diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy in histologically proven invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1195-1199

  Reichenberger, F ^a   Habicht, J ^a   Matt, P ^a   Frei, R ^a   Soler M ^a   Bolliger, C T ^a   Dalquen, P ^b   Gratwohl, A ^a   Tamm, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Bronchoscopy; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033376954     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702045     Document Type: Article

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