Opportunistic and fungal infections of the lung

Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 335-339

  José, Ricardo J ^a   Brown, Jeremy S ^b  

^a Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; fungi; immunocompromised host; opportunistic infections; pneumonia; viruses

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ATOVAQUONE; CASPOFUNGIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; PENTAMIDINE; POSACONAZOLE; PRIMAQUINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VORICONAZOLE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPLENIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANDIDIASIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NOCARDIOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PENICILLIUM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCEDOSPORIUM; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 84862062191     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: 13654357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2012.03.013     Document Type: Review

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