Which algorithm diagnoses invasive pulmonary aspergillosis best in ICU patients with COPD?

Eur Respir J. 2017 Sep 27;50(3):1700532. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00532-2017. Print 2017 Sep.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Aspergillus / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis* / complications
  • Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis* / diagnosis
  • Lung* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung* / microbiology
  • Lung* / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy
  • Radiography, Thoracic / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Respiration, Artificial / methods
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids