Growth of Aspergillus in blood cultures: proof of invasive aspergillosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Mycoses. 2013 Jul;56(4):488-90. doi: 10.1111/myc.12045. Epub 2013 Feb 1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aspergillus / isolation & purification*
  • Blood / microbiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / drug therapy
  • Radiography
  • Steroids / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Steroids