Lasiodiplodia theobromae pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 380-384

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Ngan, Antonio H Y ^b   Tse, Herman ^a,b   Tung, Edward T K ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FATALITY; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LASIODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSPLANTATION;

BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 38149129174     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01137-07     Document Type: Article

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