Comparative study of three blood culture systems for the diagnosis of systemic mycoses associated with AIDS

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 134-136

  Bianchi, M ^a   Negroni, R ^a,c   Robles, A ^a   Arechavala, A ^a   Helou, S ^a   Corti, M ^b  

^a Mycology Unit   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood culture systems; Systemic mycoses in AIDS

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0030870606     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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