Early diagnosis and treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient with cystic fibrosis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mosquera, Ricardo Alberto ^a   Estrada, Lila ^a   Clements, Roya Mohebpour ^a   Jon, Cindy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ITRACONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; NAFCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84888632755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201360     Document Type: Article

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