Pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis caused by Aspergillus in a patient after peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 531-533

  Koh, L P ^a   Goh, Y T ^b   Linn, Y C ^b   Hwang, J ^b   Tan, P ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Bone marrow transplantation; Graft versus host disease; Pneumomediastinum; Pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOPSY; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TRACHEITIS;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOPSY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEITIS;

EID: 0034232411     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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