Occurrence of allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis in patients with asthma: An Eastern India experience

Lung India

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 212-216

  Sarkar, Anirban ^a   Mukherjee, Abhijit ^a   Ghoshal, Aloke ^b   Kundu, Somenath ^b   Mitra, Subhra ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Medical College and Hospital ^*  (India)

Author keywords

ABPA; asthma; central bronchiectasis; Eosinophilia

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; PENICILLIUM; PRICK TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149369710     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.71949     Document Type: Article

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