Imaging findings of pulmonary infection caused by Scedosporium prolificans in a deep immunocompromised patient'

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-49

  Pellón Dabén, Raúl ^a   Marco De Lucas, Enrique ^a   Martín Cuesta, Laura ^a   Piedra Velasco, Tatiana ^a   Arnaiz García, Javier ^a   Landeras, Rosa ^a   López Duarte, Monica ^a   Bermúdez, Arancha ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lung; Scedosporiosis; Scedosporium prolificans

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SCEDOSPORIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MADUROMYCOSIS; SCEDOSPORIUM;

EID: 36549036268     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0634-9     Document Type: Article

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