Bilateral ureteral obstruction secondary to aspergillus bezoar

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 318-320

  Smaldone, Marc C ^a   Cannon Jr , Glenn M ^a   Benoit, Ronald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BEZOAR; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY; URINE CULTURE; MIDDLE AGED; URETER;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BEZOARS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33745031528     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.318     Document Type: Article

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