A fatal case of disseminated aspergillosis caused by a non-sporulating strain of Aspergillus fumigatus

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 991-992

  Callister, M E ^a   Griffiths, M J ^a   Nicholson, A G ^a   Leonard, A ^b   Johnson, E M ^c   Polkey, M I ^a   Kerr, J R ^a,d  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT WESTERN HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; LAPAROTOMY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LYMPH NODES; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SPLEEN; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 4444355408     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.014449     Document Type: Article

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