The isolation of Aspergillus fumigatus from respiratory tract specimens in heart transplant recipients is highly predictive of invasive aspergillosis

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 326-329

  Muñoz, Patricia ^a   Alcalá, Luis ^a   Sánchez Conde, Matilde ^a   Palomo, Jesús ^a   Yáñez, Juan ^a   Pelaez, Teresa ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0037442237     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000044358.99414.B8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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