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Calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: A report of two cases

We present two cases of pulmonary aspergillosis in which calcium oxalate crystals in the sputum proved to be a useful diagnostic clue. In case 1, Aspergillus hyphae was not identified; however, calcium oxalate crystals were present, and chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis was diagnosed. In c...

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Autores principales: Maeno, Tsutomu, Sasaki, Masakazu, Shibue, Yasushi, Mimura, Kazuyuki, Oka, Hideaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.01.003