74-Year-old man from the pacific northwest with fever and a lung mass

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Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 814-817

  Garrett, Laurel ^a   Marr, Kieren ^c   West, Sarah ^a   Allada, Gopal ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AZITHROMYCIN; FLUCYTOSINE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; ITRACONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; POSACONAZOLE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII PNEUMONIA; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NIGHT SWEAT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80052677136     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2964     Document Type: Article

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