Disseminated histoplasmosis successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B following azathioprine therapy in a patient from a nonendemic area

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 357-359

  Poveda, F ^a   Garcia Alegria J ^a   De Las Nieves, M A ^a   Villar, E ^a   Montiel, N ^a   Del Arco, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031873006     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709461     Document Type: Article

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