The trend of imported mycoses in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-20

  Kamei, Katsuhiko ^a   Sano, Ayako ^a   Kikuchi, Ken ^b   Makimura, Koichi ^c   Niimi, Masakazu ^d   Suzuki, Kazuo ^d   Uehara, Yoshimasa ^d   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^d   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a   Miyaji, Makoto ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coccidiodomycosis; Histoplasmosis; Imported mycoses; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SULFONAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; TRAVEL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037366326     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-002-0217-3     Document Type: Article

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