Tracheobronchial aspergillosis following primary cutaneous aspergillosis in a lung-transplant recipient

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-134

  Cho, Woo Hyun ^a   Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Jeon, Doo Soo ^a   Kim, Yun Seong ^a   Chin, Hyun Woo ^a   Shin, Dong Hoon ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEFLAZACORT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VORICONAZOLE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLUS; ASPHYXIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUTANEOUS ASPERGILLOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOMA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SPUTUM; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHI; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; TRACHEA;

EID: 78751511319     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4398     Document Type: Article

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