Unusual pulmonary manifestations of disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in three AIDS patients

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 429-432

  Cheng, N C ^a   Wong, W W ^a   Fung, C P ^a   Liu, C Y ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Human immunodeficiency virus; Penicillium marneffei; Pulmonary lesions

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COUGHING; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALAISE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRONCHUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 33746398874     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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