Aspergillus fumigatus pneumonia during cyclosporine treatment for ulcerative colitis [28]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3016-3017

  Caroli, Alessandro ^a,d   Fregonese, Diego ^b   Di Falco, Giuseppe ^b   D'Incà, Renata ^c  

^a Hospital of Montebelluna (TV)   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Treviso   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ITRACONAZOLE; MESALAZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLONOSCOPY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0033784970     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02032-3     Document Type: Letter

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