Anti-fungal chemotherapy for symptomatic pulmonary aspergilloma

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-30

  Kawana, Akihiko ^a   Yamauchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Kudo, Koichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEVER; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG SURGERY; NOTE; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0034030475     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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