Granuloma associated with Trichosporon asahii infection in the lung: Unusual pathological findings and PCR detection of Trichosporon DNA

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 641-644

  Nakajima, Masamitsu ^a,b   Sugita, Takashi ^c   Mikami, Yoshiki ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamasaki Hospital   (Japan)

^c MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Trichosporon asahii; Tricosporon DNA; Unusual pathological findings

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FUNGAL DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OXYGEN; VINDESINE;

AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; YEAST CELL;

AGED; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, FUNGAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FATAL OUTCOME; GIANT CELLS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TRICHOSPORON;

FUNGI; TRICHOSPORON (UNCLASSIFIED); TRICHOSPORON ASAHII;

EID: 36549051747     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701435325     Document Type: Article

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