Acute histoplasmosis in spelunkers returning from Mato Grosso, Peru

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 176-178

  Nasta, Paola ^a   Donisi, Alessandra ^a   Cattane, Anna ^a   Chiodera, Alessandro ^a   Casari, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PERU; SEROCONVERSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031405797     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1997.tb00815.x     Document Type: Article

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