Lung scedosporiosis in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-303

  Sarva, Siva T ^a   Manjunath, Skantha K ^a   Baldwin, Heather S ^b   Robins, David B ^b   Freire, Amado X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Lung cavity; Pseudoallescheria; Scedosporium; Systemic mycoses

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG MYCOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 77949438106     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181cec4be     Document Type: Article

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