Chronic granulomatous lung infection caused by the dimorphic fungus Emmonsia sp.

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 293, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 441-445

  Wellinghausen, Nele ^a   Kern, Winfried V ^a,c   Haase, Gerhard ^b   Rozdzinski, Eva ^a,d   Kerr, Peter ^a   Marre, Reinhard ^a   Essig, Andreas ^a   Hetzeld, Jürgen ^a   Hetzel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Public Health Center Düsseldorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adiaspiromycosis; Emmonsia; Granuloma; Itraconazole

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSPNEA; EMMONSIA; FEVER; FUNGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; X RAY;

EID: 0347753317     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00281     Document Type: Article

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