African histoplasmosis: Report of four cases from northeastern Nigeria

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 293-295

  Khalil, M A ^a   Hassan, A W ^a   Gugnani, H C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African histoplasmosis; Borno State; Histoplasmosis; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0031796979     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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