Cavitary lung masses in SLE patients: An unusual manifesttaion of CMV infection

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 182-184

  Najjar, M ^a   Siddiqui, A K ^a   Rossoff, L ^a   Cohen, R I ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitary; Cytomegalovirus; Lupus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3543086912     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00112603     Document Type: Article

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