An 83-year-old woman with long-standing asthma and rapidly progressing pneumonia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1228-1236

  Kradin, R L ^a   Mark, E J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 3543056856     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199810223391708     Document Type: Article

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