Disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with AIDS: Epidemiologic, clinical, microbiologic and immunologic analysis of 26 patients;Histoplasmosis diseminada en pacientes con SIDA: Análisis epidemiológico, clínico, microbiológico e inmunológico de 26 pacientes

Enfermedades Emergentes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-15

  Corti, Marcelo E ^a,b   Negroni, Ricardo ^a   Esquivel, Patricia ^a   Villafañe, María F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AIDS; Disseminated histoplasmosis; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 2342446438     PISSN: 15754723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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