Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis due to a mixed infection caused by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus fumigatus

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 176-178

  Orzechowski Xavier, Melissa ^a   Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comarú ^a,b   Da Penha Uchoa Sales, Maria ^c   Bittencourt Severo, Cecília ^a,d   Peixoto Camargo, José J ^d   Severo, Luiz Carlos ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculdade Integrada do Ceará Brazil   (Brazil)

^d Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus fumigatus; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 53849131728     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1406(08)70041-X     Document Type: Article

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