Prevalence of Aspergillus fumigatus and other fungal species in the sputum of adult patients with cystic fibrosis

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 19-23

  Bakare, N ^a   Rickerts, V ^a   Bargon, J ^a   Just Nübling, Gudrun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Medizinische Klinik III   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Candida albicans; Cystic fibrosis

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0037288208     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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