Diagnostic Aspects of Cutaneous Lesions due to Histoplasma capsulatum in African AIDS Patients in Nonendemic Areas

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 637-638

  Lo Cascio, G ^a   Ligozzi, M ^b   Maccacaro, L ^b   Rizzonelli, P ^b   Fontana, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0242329692     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1010-7     Document Type: Article

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