Isolated diffuse invasive renal aspergillosis in an immunocompromized patient due to longstanding steroid treatment: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Vodovnik, Aleksandar ^a  

^a MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFUSION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KIDNEY ASPERGILLOSIS; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY INFECTION; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PLASMAPHERESIS; VOMITING;

EID: 77953393713     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6825     Document Type: Article

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