Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with spontaneous resolution and the diagnostic utility of PCR from tissue specimens

Journal of Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-140

  Hope, William W ^a   Padwell, Alan ^b   Guiver, Malcolm ^c   Denning, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Diagnosis; EORTC MSG; PCR

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; PREDNISONE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SPECIES INVASION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE SECTION; VOMITING;

ASPERGILLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242747537     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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