Resolution of galactomannan antigenemia in a patient receiving oral voriconazole for chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 528-530

  Wu, Chi Jung ^a,b   Lee, Hsin Chun ^b,c   Lo, Hsiu Jung ^a   Ko, Wen Chien ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis; Galactomannan; Therapeutic monitoring

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; GALACTOMANNAN; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PROTIONAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC NECROTIZING LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MANNANS; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960373303     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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