Utility of fungal blood cultures for patients with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1350-1353

  Mess, Tim ^a   Daar, Eric S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0031453825     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516140     Document Type: Article

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