Coinfection of pneumocystis jirovecii and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient: A diagnostic challenge

Onkologie(Czech Republic)

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 582-584

  Baumann, Stefan ^a   Reinwald, Mark ^a   Haghi, Dariush ^b   Hofmann, Wolf Karsten ^a   Buchheidt, Dieter ^a,b  

^a Department of Hematology and Oncology ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Coinfection; Diagnostic tools; Pneumocystis jirovecii

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 84885594482     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: 14230240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355168     Document Type: Article

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