Vanishing bronchus intermedius syndrome in a pediatric patient with cystic fibrosis after lung transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Hayes Jr , Don ^a   Mansour, Heidi M ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; cystic fibrosis; lung transplantation; vanishing bronchus intermedius syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; LANSOPRAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PANCRELIPASE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TOBRAMYCIN; VALGANCICLOVIR; VITAMIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY STENT; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EXTUBATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERINFLATION; ISCHEMIA; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPIROMETRY; STENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VANISHING BRONCHUS INTERMEDIUS SYNDROME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DILATATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SPIROMETRY; STENTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84868699968     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2012.01682.x     Document Type: Article

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