Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis masquerading as pulmonary tuberculosis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 582-584

  Ragosta, Kevin G ^a   Clayton, Julia A ^a   Cambareri, Carol B ^a   Domachowske, Joseph B ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3042596859     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000130078.79239.bf     Document Type: Article

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