Scedosporium apiospermum infection presenting as a pneumothorax and cavitary lung lesions in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 960-962

  Mazumder, Shirin A ^a   Cleveland, Kerry O ^a   Norwood, John ^a  

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

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV infection; lung lesions; Scedosporium apiospermum; Scedosporium prolificans

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ATOVAQUONE; EMTRICITABINE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; LOPINAVIR; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RALTEGRAVIR; RITONAVIR; TENOFOVIR; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LESION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; TOXOPLASMOSIS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCETOMA; RADIOGRAPHY; SCEDOSPORIUM;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LUNG; MYCETOMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PYRIMIDINES; SCEDOSPORIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAZOLES; VORICONAZOLE;

EID: 77956392593     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181ebe665     Document Type: Article

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