Multifocal pulmonary aspergillomas: Case series and review

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1272, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-67

  Pendleton, Matthew ^a   Denning, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis; Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis; Fungal ball; Fungal infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CORTICOSTEROID; DALTEPARIN; FLUTICASONE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; VORICONAZOLE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MULTIFOCAL PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; NAUSEA; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84870871139     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06827.x     Document Type: Article

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