Acute disseminated histoplasmosis and endocarditis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-22

  Scapellato, Pablo G ^a   Desse, Javier ^a   Negroni, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Histoplasmosis in AIDS; Mycotic endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MALE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ENDOCARDITIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031607307     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651998000100005     Document Type: Review

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