Bipolaris hawaiiensis as etiologic agent of allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis: First case in a paediatric patient

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 760-765

  Chowdhary, Anuradha ^a   Randhawa, Harbans S ^a   Singh, Varinder ^b   Khan, Z U ^c   Ahmad, S ^c   Kathuria, Shallu ^a   Roy, P ^a   Khanna, Geetika ^d   Chandra, Jagdish ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^d SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis; Bipolaris hawaiiensis; India; paediatric case

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANIDULAFUNGIN; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; PREDNISONE; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY MYCOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRECHSLERA HAWAIIENSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN ALLERGY; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BETA-GLUCANS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PREDNISONE; PYRIMIDINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COCHLIOBOLUS HAWAIIENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 80052572093     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.566895     Document Type: Article

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