Successful treatment with voriconazole of a Pseudallescheria boydii fungus ball in a HIV positive patient and previous tuberculosis;Tratamiento eficaz con voriconazol de un fungoma pulmonar por Pseudallescheria boydii en un paciente con infección por VIH y tuberculosis previa

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 64-67

  García, Jesús ^a   Perkins, Alexander ^a   Garau, Margarita ^a   Gené, Josepa ^b   Molina, Laura ^a   Del Palacio, Amalia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonization; Pseudallescheria boydii; Pulmonary fungus ball

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; ERADICATION THERAPY; FUNGUS COLONIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PYRIMIDINES; REMISSION INDUCTION; TRIAZOLES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII;

EID: 0242643418     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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