Clinical evaluation of 61 patients with pulmonary aspergilloma

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-212

  Kawamura, Sumio ^a   Maesaki, Shigefumi ^a   Tomono, Kazunori ^a   Tashiro, Takayoshi ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergilloma; Aspergillus fumigatus; Itraconazole; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034091097     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.209     Document Type: Article

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