Aspergillus endocarditis in a known case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: An autopsy report

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Gupta, Kirti ^a   Das, Ashim ^a   Joshi, Kusum ^a   Singh, Navneet ^a   Aggarwal, Ritesh ^a   Prakash, Mahesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Aspergillus endocarditis; Invasive aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FATALITY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS; ENDOCARDITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77956930556     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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