Aspergillus tracheobronchitis in a lung transplant recipient;Traqueobronquitis aspergilar en paciente sometido a trasplante pulmonar

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-133

  García Gallo, Cristina López ^a   García Fadul, Christian ^a   Ussetti Gil, Rosalía Laporta Hernández y Piedad ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy; Aspergillus; Aspergillus tracheobronchitis; Lung transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANDIDIASIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PYRIMIDINES; TRACHEITIS; TRIAZOLES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 79959334232     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: 21739188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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