Spontaneous candida mediastinitis diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound- guided, fine-needle aspiration

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1072-1075

  Prasad, Vajravel M ^a,b   Erickson, Richard ^a,b   Contreras, Edward D ^a,b   Panelli, Ferdinand ^a,b  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; INSULIN; LISINOPRIL; NIFEDIPINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 0034032913     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00737-1     Document Type: Article

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