Organising pneumonia mimicking invasive fungal disease in patients with leukaemia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-82

  Forghieri, Fabio ^a   Potenza, Leonardo ^a   Morselli, Monica ^a   MacCaferri, Monica ^a   Pedrazzi, Letizia ^a   Barozzi, Patrizia ^a   Vallerini, Daniela ^a   Riva, Giovanni ^a   Zanetti, Eleonora ^a   Quadrelli, Chiara ^a   Rossi, Giulio ^b   Rivasi, Francesco ^b   Messino', Massimino ^c   Rumpianesi, Fabio ^c   Grottola, Antonella ^c   Venturelli, Claudia ^c   Pecorari, Monica ^c   Codeluppi, Mauro ^d   Torelli, Giuseppe ^a   Luppi, Mario ^a  

^a Section of Haematology   (Italy)

^b Section of General Pathology   (Italy)

^c Laboratory Services and Legal Medicine   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Invasive fungal disease; Leukaemia; Lung histopathology; Organising pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AZITHROMYCIN; CASPOFUNGIN; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 77953840186     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2010.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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