Histoplasmosis in Pregnancy: Case Series and Report of Transplacental Transmission

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 454-458

  Whitt, Stevan P ^a   Koch, George A ^a   Fender, Belinda ^a   Ratnasamy, Nathaniel ^b   Everett, E Dale ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b McFarland Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; DOPAMINE; GENTAMICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; SULBACTAM; SURFACTANT; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 1242320099     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.4.454     Document Type: Article

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