Pulmonary Cladophialophora boppii Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient: Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-637

  Lastoria, Cinzia ^a   Cascina, Alessandro ^a   Bini, Francesco ^a   Di Matteo, Angela ^a   Cavanna, Caterina ^a   Farina, Claudio ^b   Carretto, Edoardo ^a   Meloni, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLADOPHIALOPHORA BOPPII; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNGUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASCOMYCOTA; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 67349096011     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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