Aspergillus fumigatus fungus ball in the native lung after single lung transplantation
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Aspergillus fumigatus fungus ball in the native lung after single lung transplantation
Bola fúngica por Aspergillus fumigatus no pulmão nativo após transplante unilateral de pulmão A 49-year-old woman underwent right lung transplantation due to pulmonary emphysema, with favorable evolution in the early postoperative period. A year later she was readmitted to our department with productive cough. During that admission, the patient was treated for cytomegalovirus pneumonia and rece...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1806-3713
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132013000300020