Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis in a renal transplant recipient.

نویسندگان

  • Asma Nasim
  • Shehla Baqi
  • Syed Mohammed Zeeshan
  • Tahir Aziz
چکیده

Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis is a chronic semi invasive pulmonary disease. It is an uncommon disease and has never been reported in transplant recipients. We report a case of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis in a renal transplant recipient.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

دوره 61 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011