Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: A study of 39 cases at autopsy

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a,b   Prasad, S ^a,b   Deshpande, J R ^a,b   Pandit, S P ^a,b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus infection; Immunosuppression; Invasive aspergillosis; Lung

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS; GENDER; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFARCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOSIS; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1942536573     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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