Mycotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta due to Aspergillus terreus: Case report and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1144-1148

  Silva, Monica E ^a   Malogolowkin, Marcio H ^a   Hall, Theodore R ^a   Sadeghi, Ali M ^a   Krogstad, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFTAZIDIME; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GENTAMICIN; IDARUBICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; TIOGUANINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROSOL; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; FEVER; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0034457901     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317467     Document Type: Article

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