Mucoid impaction caused by monokaryotic mycelium of schizophyllum commune in association with bronchiectasis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-162

  Miyazaki, Yasunari ^c,d   Sakashita, Hiroyuki ^c   Tanaka, Takehiko ^c   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a   Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Asama General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Hypersensitivity reactions; Itraconazole; Minimal inhibitory concentrations

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; MYCOSIS; ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; COUGHING; HEMOPTYSIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCELIUM; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BRONCHI; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; MYCOSES; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033624877     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.160     Document Type: Article

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