Infection due to Penicillium marneffei

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 701-704

  Sirisanthana, T ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

AIDS; Emerging infection; Fungal infection; HIV; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ANEMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; REVIEW; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASIA; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; THAILAND; TREATMENT; VIRAL DISEASES;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CHINA; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; PENICILLIUM; THAILAND;

EID: 0031470025     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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