Exophiala dermatitidis infection in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2069-2071

  Mukaino, Tatsuya ^a   Koga, Takeharu ^a   Oshita, Yuichi ^a   Narita, Yuko ^a   Obata, Susumu ^a   Aizawa, Hisamichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Exacerbation; Exophiala dermatitidis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; MICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRONCHIECTASIS; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES;

EID: 33749326934     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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