Sunitinib associated chronic necrotizing cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis has rarely been reported in literature. This article describes a patient with biopsy proven papillary renal cell carcinoma initially treated by radical nephrectomy. He presented about 8 months later with pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2019/v12i330107
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a life-threatening infection in patients with cancer. Recent studies have reported that non-fumigatus Aspergillus spp., including Aspergillus flavus, are emerging as predominant pathogens in various transplant and cancer centers in the USA and aroun...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v29i330163
Background: Invasive infections due to Aspergillus species continue to be associated with a significant morbidity in immuno-compromised patients. Despite the availability of several azoles [isavuconazole (ISZ), posaconazole (POS), voriconazole (VCZ) and itraconazole (ITZ)], morta...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44716
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) that causes subacute or chronic nodular bronchiectasis, cavitary or fibro-cavitary pneumonia in patients with chronic structural lung pathology including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and bronchiectasis. I...
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