Mucormycosis of the Bronchial Anastomosis: A Case of Successful Medical Treatment and Historic Review

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 857-861

  McGuire, Franklin R ^a   Grinnan, Daniel C ^b   Robbins, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; DACLIZUMAB; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIPID SOLUBILITY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MUCORMYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOMUCOR; STENT; TISSUE REACTION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RHIZOMUCOR; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547568516     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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