Comparison of computed tomographic findings in pulmonary mucormycosis and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 684.e11-684.e18

  Jung, J ^a   Kim, M Y ^a   Lee, H J ^a   Park, Y S ^a   Lee, S O ^a   Choi, S H ^a   Kim, Y S ^a   Woo, J H ^a   Kim, S H ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bird's nest sign; Computed tomography; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Pulmonary mucormycosis; Reverse halo sign

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GALACTOMANNAN; ITRACONAZOLE; POLYENE; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY MUCORMYCOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZYGOMYCETES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AVES; ZYGOMYCETES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930818972     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.03.019     Document Type: Article

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