Diagnostic imaging of experimental invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Walsh, Thomas ^a   Petraitis, Vidmantas ^a   Petraitiene, Ruta ^a,b   Solomon, Jeffrey ^c   Bacher, John ^d   Greene, Lora ^a   Cotton, Margaret ^a   Groll, Andreas ^e   Roilides, Emmanuel ^a   Avila, Nilo ^d   Pyrgos, Vasilios ^a   Shoham, Shmuel ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c Medical Numerics Inc   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy; Computed tomographic scanning; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Multidimensional volumetric imagin; Ultrafast CT scanning

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; GALACTOMANNAN; ITRACONAZOLE; POLYENE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POSACONAZOLE; RAVUCONAZOLE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LESION; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL VOLUMETRIC IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL; DRUG MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RABBIT; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RABBITS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67651092455     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802665879     Document Type: Article

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