Disseminated histoplasmosis and AIDS in an Argentine hospital: Clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment;Histoplasmosis diseminada y sida en un hospital Argentino: Manifestaciones clínicas, diagnóstico y tratamiento

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-159

  Pietrobon, Diego ^a,c   Negro Marquínez, Liliana ^a   Kilstein, Jorge ^a   Galíndez, Jorge ^b   Greca, Alcides ^a   Battagliotti, Carlos ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Eva Peron   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AIDS; Histoplasmosis; HIV infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 11144355002     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13058024     Document Type: Article

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