High concentration of (1→3)-β-D-glucan in BAL fluid in patients with acute eosinophilic pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1302-1307

  Kawayama, Tomotaka ^a   Fujiki, Rei ^a   Honda, Junichi ^a   Rikimaru, Toru ^a   Aizawa, Hisamichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan; BAL; Eosinophil; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CORTICOSTEROID; DNA FRAGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL CELL; HUMAN; INHALATION; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 0037390205     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.4.1302     Document Type: Article

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