Pulmonary sporotrichosis: Case series and systematic analysis of literature on clinico-radiological patterns and management outcomes

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 534-544

  Aung, Ar Kar ^a,b   Teh, Bing Mei ^a   McGrath, Christopher ^b   Thompson, Philip J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Disease management; Pulmonary fungal infections; Sporotrichosis; Triazoles

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ACHROMOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIFOCAL SPOROTRICHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PULMONARY SPOROTRICHOSIS; RELAPSE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERINFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SPOROTHRIX;

EID: 84879968240     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.751643     Document Type: Article

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