Pseudomembranous necrotizing bronchial aspergillosis in a renal transplant recipient

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1784-1785

  Saymer, Abdullah ^a   Kürşat, Seyhun ^a   Töz, Hüseyin ^a   Duman, Soner ^a   Önal, Binnur ^a   Tümbay, Emel ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus flavus; Pseudomembranous bronchitis; Pseudomembranous necrotizing bronchial aspergillosis; Renal transplantation; Tracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NECROSIS;

EID: 0344052671     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.7.1784     Document Type: Article

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