Invasive aspergillosis in developing countries

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a   Chatterjee, Shiv Sekhar ^a   Das, Ashim ^a   Shivaprakash, M R ^a  

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

Author keywords

aspergillosis; Aspergillus fl avus; cerebral aspergillosis; endophthalmitis; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FUNGAL DNA; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

AFRICA; ARGENTINA; ASIA; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLOSIS ENDOCARDITIS; ASPERGILLUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BANGLADESH; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ASPERGILLOSIS; CHILE; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLOMBIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; EGYPT; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INDIA; INFECTION; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; IRAN; IRAQ; LEUKEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SRI LANKA; SUDAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THAILAND; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN DISEASES; DERMATOMYCOSES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI;

EID: 79952652591     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.505206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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