Pseudomembranous tracheobronchial aspergillosis: A rare manifestation of invasive aspergillosis in a non-neutropenic patient with Hodgkin's disease

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Buchheidt, Dieter ^a   Weiss, A ^a   Reiter, S ^a   Hartung, G ^a   Hehlmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Hodgkin's disease; Immunodeficiency; Pseudomembranous; Tracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; MOULD; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 0037285298     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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