An unusual association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Aspergillus fumigatus

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-34

  Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Singh, N ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

ABPA; Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Mycobacterium; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; THEOPHYLLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FIBROSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM SMEAR; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 42549154805     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2008.409     Document Type: Article

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