Diagnosis of invasive aspergillus tracheobronchitis facilitated by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Casal, Roberto F ^a   Adachi, Roberto ^a   Jimenez, Carlos A ^a   Sarkiss, Mona ^a   Morice, Rodolfo C ^a   Eapen, Georgie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; POSACONAZOLE;

AGED; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BOLIVIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALAISE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 72449171108     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-9290     Document Type: Article

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