Death of a SARS case from secondary aspergillus infection

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1278-1280

  Wang, Hui Jun ^a   Ding, Yan Qing ^a   Xu, Jun ^b   Li, Xin ^a   Li, Xue Feng ^a   Yang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Wen Li ^a   Geng, Jian ^a   Shen, Hong ^a   Cai, Jun Jie ^a   Kang, Wei ^a   Wu, Zheng Rong ^a   Zhao, Fei ^a   Zhong, Nan Shan ^b  

^a FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Prov Comm SARS Control   (China)

Author keywords

Corticosteriod therapy; SARS; Secondary aspergillus infection

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOSTEROID; FUROSEMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; BONE MARROW NECROSIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMA; CONFUSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SUPERINFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 4444382781     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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