Fatal massive hemoptysis in a patient on low-dose oral prednisone: Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis

Respiratory Care

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-58

  Vahid, Bobbak ^a   Marik, Paul E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis; Hemoptysis; Pulmonary mycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NECROSIS; PREDNISONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947537257     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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