Cutaneous aspergillosis in a lung transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 471-473

  Ramos, A ^a,b   Ussetti, P ^a   Laporta, R ^a   Lazaro M T ^a   Sanchez Romero I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cutaneous infections; Lung transplantation; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACK; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CUTANEOUS ASPERGILLOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SKIN NODULE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PYRIMIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349696736     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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