Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after renal transplantation treated by surgery

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-85

  Scanagatta, Paolo ^b,c   Terzi, Alberto ^b   Boschiero, Luigino ^a   Cazzadori, Angelo ^a   Lonardoni, Alessandro ^b   Calabrò, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b City Hospital of Verona   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 2542612136     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230401200121     Document Type: Article

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