Pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis misdiagnosed as Pneumocystis pneumonia in an immunocompromised host

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2328-2330

  Silletti, Rodger P ^a   Glezerov, Valery ^a   Schwartz, Ira S ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0029742251     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2328-2330.1996     Document Type: Article

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