Pseudomembranous aspergillus tracheobronchitis in a heart transplant recipient: Case report

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-63

  Ramos, A ^a,b   Segovia, J ^c   Gomez Bueno M ^c   Salas, C ^c   Lazaro M T ^c   Sanchez, I ^c   Pulpon L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b REIPI (Spanish Network for Investigation of Infectious Pathology)   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Bronchitis; Bronchoscopy; Heart transplantation; Tracheitis; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; GANCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; TRACHEITIS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 77149157838     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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