Role of histology in the diagnosis of infectious causes of granulomatous lung disease

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-196

  Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

fungal; granulomatous; lung; mycobacterial; pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG GRANULOMA; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEROLOGY;

BIOPSY; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 79953865808     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3283447bef     Document Type: Article

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