Chronic invasive aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus viridinutans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1292-1294

  Vinh, Donald C ^a   Shea, Yvonne R ^a   Jones, Pamela A ^a   Freeman, Alexandra F ^b   Zelazny, Adrian ^a   Holland, Steven M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VIRIDINUTANS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECORTICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049101368     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1508.090251     Document Type: Article

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