Cerebral histoplasmosis in an Australian patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 201-202

  Sullivan, Alice Ann ^a   Benson, Susan M ^a   Ewart, Arthur H ^b   Hogan, Patrick G ^a   Whitby, R Michael ^a   Boyle, Richard S ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Mater Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0031689163     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb140222.x     Document Type: Article

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