Tracheobronchial aspergillosis in a patient with AIDS treated with aerosolized amphotericin B combined with itraconazole

Mycoses

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 371-374

  Conte, I Dal ^a,d   Riva, Giovanna ^a   Obert, R ^b   Lucchini, Anna ^a   Bechis, Gabriela ^a   De Rosa, G ^c   Gioannini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Luigi Einaudi Hospital   (Italy)

^c S GIOVANNI BOSCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

aerosolized amphotericin B; AIDS; antimycotic chemotherapy; aspergillosis; Aspergillus flavus; flucytosine; itraconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8044234356     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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