Mediastinal histoplasmosis: Report of the first two Brazilian cases of mediastinal granuloma

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-105

  Severo, Luiz Carlos ^a,d   Lemos, Antonio Carlos Moreira ^b   Lacerda, Heloisa Ramos ^c  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL SANTA RITA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; Mediastinal granuloma; Mediastinal histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM GRANULOMA; MEDIASTINUM MASS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 18544364576     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652005000200009     Document Type: Article

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