Pulmonary infections mimicking cancer: Report of four cases

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Madhusudhan, K S ^a   Gamanagatti, Shivanand ^a   Seith, A ^a   Hari, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Lung cancer; Lung infections; Mucormycosis; Nocardiosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NOCARDIOSIS; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 38449096352     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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