Fatal pulmonary and cerebral aspergillosis after a short course of corticosteroids for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 685-686

  Papadopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Ntaios, George ^a   Kaiafa, Georgia ^a   Girtovitis, Fotios ^a   Charisopoulos, George ^a   Chryssogonidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; DANAZOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LETTER; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 46949103243     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0452-5     Document Type: Letter

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