A case report on aspergillus lentulus pneumonia

Balkan Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 429-431

  Gürcan, Şaban ^a   Tikveşli, Melek ^a   Üstündaǧ, Sedat ^a   Ener, Beyza ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aspergillus lentulus; Immunocompromised host; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; CORTICOSTEROID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; POSACONAZOLE; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS LENTULUS; BLASTOSPORE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; COUGHING; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GIEMSA STAIN; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCUBATION TIME; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT DURATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84891615921     PISSN: 21463123     EISSN: 21463131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2013.8572     Document Type: Article

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