Miliary coccidioidomycosis in the immunocompetent

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 404-409

  Arsura, Edward L ^a,b   Kilgore, William B ^a,c  

^a KERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ARDS; Coccidioides immitis; Coccidioidomycosis; Dissemination; Immunocompetent; Miliary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034003221     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.2.404     Document Type: Article

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