Atypical Aspergillus flavus isolates associated with chronic azole therapy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3372-3375

  Brandt, Mary E ^a   Gade, Lalitha ^a   McCloskey, Cindy B ^b   Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PYRROLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COLOR; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MYCOLOGY; NOSE EDEMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; AZOLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; SINUSITIS; TRIAZOLES;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 70349644968     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00671-09     Document Type: Article

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