Fine needle aspiration of a pulmonary mycetoma. A case report and review of the literature [6]

Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 322-324

  Fernando, Sujatha S E ^a,b   Jones, Peter ^c   Vaz, Robert ^a  

^a Central West Pathology Services   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Orange Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CLINDAMYCIN; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MYCETOMA; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCEDOSPORIUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 23944485642     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020500168786     Document Type: Article

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