Coinfection of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in a non-HIV patient

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-238

  Kaira, Kyoichi ^a   Shimoyama, Yasuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Yuga ^a   Iida, Tomohiro ^a   Yanagitani, Noriko ^a   Sunaga, Noriaki ^a   Hisada, Takeshi ^a   Ishizuka, Tamotsu ^a   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia; Pulmonary coinfection; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 34848871599     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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