Broncholith Caused by Donor-acquired Histoplasmosis in a Lung Transplant Recipient

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Shah, Sonia S ^a   Karnak, Demet ^b   Shah, Shetal N ^a   Budev, Marie ^a   Machuzak, Michael ^a   Gildea, Thomas R ^a   Mehta, Atul C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS STONE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947660064     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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