Overview of histoplasmosis

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2247-2252+2255

  Kurowski, Rene ^a,b   Ostapchuk, Michael ^a,c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; UNITED STATES;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUCONAZOLE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE;

EID: 0037116348     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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