Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: Identification of risk factors

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 819-822

  Farouk Allam, Mohamed ^a   Serrano del Castillo, Amparo ^a   Díaz Molina, Carmen ^a   Fernández Crehuet Navajas, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENDER; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SMOKING; SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0036968428     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000026954     Document Type: Article

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