Invasive subglottal aspergillosis in a patient with severe aplastic anemia: A case report

Journal of Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 198-201

  Nagasawa, M ^a   Itoh, S ^a   Tomizawa, D ^a   Kajiwara, M ^a   Sugimoto, T ^a   Kumagai, J ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFUSION; PROPHYLAXIS; SORE THROAT; STRIDOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0036556512     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2001.0935     Document Type: Article

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