Coccidioides immitis presenting as a hyphal form in cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 435-436

  Zepeda, Moises R ^a,b   Kobayashi, Gregory K ^a   Appleman, Maria D ^a   Navarro, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides immitis; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PUNCTURE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0032113039     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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