Culture-positive invasive aspergillosis in a medical center in Taiwan, 2000-2009

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1319-1326

  Hsiue, H C ^a   Wu, T H ^a   Chang, T C ^b   Hsiue, Y C ^a   Huang, Y T ^c   Lee, P I ^c   Hsueh, P R ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS TUBIGENSIS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; DECORTICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NOSE SURGERY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE HYBRIDIZATION; ORAL SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEDGE RESECTION; ASPERGILLUS; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TRIAZOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865613164     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1445-1     Document Type: Article

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