Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis: a review of 43 cases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nam, Hae Seong ^a   Jeon, Kyeongman ^a   Um, Sang Won ^a   Suh, Gee Young ^a   Chung, Man Pyo ^a   Kim, Hojoong ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Koh, Won Jung ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Itraconazole; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC NECROTIZING PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952237526     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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