Pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 70-73

  Ko, Jane P ^a   Kim, Dennis H ^a   Shepard, Jo Anne O ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Computed tomography; Immunocompetent; Lung; Pulmonary; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036164233     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200201000-00009     Document Type: Article

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