A cluster of disseminated Coccidioidomycosis cases at a U.S. military hospital

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 460-464

  Crum, Nancy F ^a   Lederman, Edith R ^a   Hale, Braden R ^a   Lim, Matthew L ^a   Wallace, Mark R ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0038807699     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.6.460     Document Type: Article

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