Acute respiratory distress syndrome and blastomycosis: Presentation of nine cases and review of the literature

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Lemos, Luciano B ^a   Baliga, Mithra ^a   Guo, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Blastomycosis; Diffuse alveolar damage; Immunodepression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035114003     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/adpa.2001.21473     Document Type: Article

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