Fatal aspergillosis in a patient with SARS who was treated with corticosteroids [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 507-508

  Wang, Huijun ^a   Ding, Yanqing ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Yang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Wenli ^a   Kang, Wei ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; FATALITY; LUNG; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0042844713     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200307313490519     Document Type: Letter

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