A case of resistant pulmonary and cerebral aspergillosis succesfully treated with voriconazole;Vorikonazol ile tedavi edilen dirençli pulmoner ve serebral aspergilloz olgusu

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Uçan, Eyüp Sabri ^a   Avkan Oǧuz, Vildan ^a   Güngör, Özkan ^a   Gülşen, Aşkin ^a   Uǧural Sezak, Nurbanu ^a   Tertemiz, Kemal Can ^a   Ceylan, Emel ^a   Kargi, Aydanur ^a   Balci, Pinar ^a   Ada, Emel ^a   Şanli, Aydin ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immunosupression; Intracerebral aspergillosis; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; PYRIMIDINES; TELENCEPHALON; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 33745486510     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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