Coccidioidomycosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 16, 1995, Pages 1077-1082

  Stevens, David A ^a,b,c  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

BLOOD CULTURE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; LUNG RESECTION; MYCOSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COCCIDIOIDES; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST;

EID: 0029648655     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199504203321607     Document Type: Review

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