Bilateral pulmonary aspergilloma caused by an atypical isolate of Aspergillus terreus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2010-2014

  Khan, Z U ^a   Kortom, M ^b   Marouf, R ^b   Chandy, R ^a   Rinaldi, M G ^c,d   Sutton, D A ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; FUNGI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034095463     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.5.2010-2014.2000     Document Type: Article

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