Surgical resection for successful treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: Report of 3 cases

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 694-696

  Metin, Kivanc Sadik ^a,c   Ugurlu, Baran Sevket ^b   Kabakci, Birol ^a   Sariosmanoǧlu, Nejat Osman ^a   Hazan, Eyüp ^b   Oto, Öztekin ^a  

^a Ege Saglik Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AZATHIOPRINE; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IDARUBICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FEVER; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPUTUM CULTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 25444473406     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510033627     Document Type: Article

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