Indigenous disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in the state of Manipur, India: Report of four autochthonous cases

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2699-2702

  Narendra Singh, P ^a   Ranjana, K ^a   Indiver Singh, Y ^a   Priyokumar Singh, K ^a   Surchandra Sharma, S ^a   Kulachandra, M ^a   Nabakumar, Y ^a   Chakrabarti, A ^b   Padhye, A A ^c,e   Kaufman, L ^c   Ajello, L ^d  

^a J N Medical Hospital   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALE; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 0344655638     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2699-2702.1999     Document Type: Article

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