Computed tomography and clinical features of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in liver transplant recipients

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-112

  Qin, Jie ^a   Meng, Xiaochun ^a   Fang, Yuan ^a   Xu, Chuan ^a   Zhu, Kangshun ^a   Wu, Benquan ^a   An, Yuling ^a   Shan, Hong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aspergillosis; computed tomography; fungal; liver transplantation; lung diseases; radiograph

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857788993     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31820bb462     Document Type: Article

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