Isolation of Aspergillus in three 2009 H1N1 influenza patients

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 225-229

  Adalja, Amesh A ^a   Sappington, Penny L ^a   Harris, Steven P ^a   Rimmele, Thomas ^a   Kreit, John W ^a   Kellum, John A ^a   Boujoukos, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Influenza; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; FLUCONAZOLE; GALACTOMANNAN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYALGIA; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIGOR; SINUS POLYP; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79958704546     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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