The treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1375-1377

  Judson, M A ^a   Stevens, D A ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy; Aspergilloma; Aspergillus; Itraconazole; Pulmonary diseases; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITRACONAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INJECTION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX SURGERY; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; BRONCHIAL ARTERIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034781814     PISSN: 09678298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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