Aspergillosis superinfection as a cause of death of crizotinib-induced interstitial lung disease successfully treated with high-dose corticosteroid therapy

Case Reports in Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 169-173

  Deiana, Laura ^a   Grisanti, Salvatore ^a   Ferrari, Vittorio ^a   Tironi, Andrea ^c   Brugnoli, Giulia ^a   Ferrari, Laura ^a   Bozzola, Giordano ^b   Berruti, Alfredo ^a  

^a Department of Medical Oncology ^*  (France)

^b Pneumology Unit Spedali Civili Hospital   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute interstitial lung disease; Crizotinib; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CRIZOTINIB; FLUCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHANGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 84929575326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381209     Document Type: Article

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