Pulmonary mucormycosis (Cunninghamella bertholletiae) with cavitation diagnosed using ultra-thin fibre-optic bronchoscopy

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 312-314

  Yagi, Shin Ichi ^a   Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Fukuda, Minoru ^a   Obase, Yasushi ^a   Yoshida, Koichiro ^a   Miyauchi, Ayaka ^a   Kawasaki, Kouzou ^a   Soda, Hiroshi ^b   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscope; Cunninghamella bertholletiae; Immunocompromised host; Mucormycosis; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; CASE REPORT; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EFFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CUNNINGHAMELLA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 40749161503     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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