Female genital coccidioidomycosis (FGC), Addison's disease and sigmoid loop abscess due to Coccidioides immites; case report and review of literature on FGC

Mycopathologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Chowfin, Ashish ^a,c   Tight, Robert ^b  

^a MeritCare Hospital   (United States)

^b UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addisons; Coccidioidomycosis; Endometritis; Female genital; Intestinal

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SIGMOID;

ABSCESS; ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0033370640     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007058106662     Document Type: Article

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