Histoplasmosis presenting as addisonian crisis in an immunocompetent host

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-62

  Chedid, Márcio Fernandes ^a   Duarte Chedid, Aljamir ^b,e   Resin Geyer, Geraldo ^c   Fernandes Chedid, Maria Bernadete ^d   Severo, Luiz Carlos ^d  

^a University of Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL ERNESTO DORNELLES   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADDISONIA; AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 1442301068     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822004000100016     Document Type: Article

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