Fungal cultures of different parts of the upper and lower airways in chronic rhinosinusitis

Rhinology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-25

  Ahmed, Ragab ^a,c   Clement, Peter ^a   Vincken, Walter ^a   Nolard, Nicole ^b   Simones, Francois ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

^c Menoufia University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

AFS; Asthma; Chronic sinusitis; Fungi; SAD

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; METHYLAMINE; SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MUCOR; MYCELIUM; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCUS; NOSE SMEAR; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; PARANASAL SINUSES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 33644914699     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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