Parasitic Mycelial Forms of Coccidioides Species in Mexican Patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1247-1249

  Munoz B ^a   Castanon L R ^b   Calderon I ^a   Vazquez M E ^a   Manjarrez, M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COUGHING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MYCELIUM; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO;

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; FUNGI;

EID: 12144287204     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1247-1249.2003     Document Type: Article

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