Severe Legionnaire's disease revealing an invasive aspergillosis in an apparently immunocompetent patient;Légionellose grave révélant une aspergillose invasive chez un sujet immunocompétent

Presse Medicale

Volumn 32, Issue 34, 2003, Pages 1604-1606

  Vergne, S ^b   Lathuile, D ^a   Benosa B ^b   Fragnier, F ^a   Destrac, S ^b   Avedan, M ^b   Alzieu, M ^b   Campistron, Jean ^a  

^a Ctr Hosp Intercommunal Val Ariege   (France)

^b Ch de Barrau Saint Jean de Verges ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0142153208     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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