Update and review of blastomycosis

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 525-532

  Chao, Deardre ^a   Steier, Kenneth J ^b   Gomila, Remi ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LSU Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Blastomyces dermatitidis; Chronic pneumonia; Erythema nodosum; Gen Probe; Itraconazole; Spore inhalation

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031227809     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7556/jaoa.1997.97.9.525     Document Type: Review

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