Case report: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and allergic fungal sinusitis successfully treated with voriconazole

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 891-895

  Erwin Jr , Gary E ^a   Fitzgerald, John E ^b  

^a Dallas Diagnostic Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Allergic fungal sinusitis; Antifungal agents; Asthma; Corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; SALMETEROL; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MYCOSIS; SINUS CONGESTION; SINUSITIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPIROMETRY; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SINUSITIS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 37549053330     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701750197     Document Type: Article

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