Fatal hemoptysis from invasive Aspergillus niger in a patient with cavitary lung disease and Mycobacterium avium complex infection

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 557-560

  Gifford, Alex H ^a   Lahey, Timothy ^a   Fordham Von Reyn, C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus niger; Hemoptysis; Mycobacterium avium complex; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AS 48; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; RIFABUTIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRAM STAINING; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX;

EID: 33748611640     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780600575635     Document Type: Article

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