Septicemia caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (LUTZ, 1908) as the cause of death of an AIDS patient from Santos, São Paulo State, Brazil - A nonendemic area

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-211

  Caseiro, Marcos Montani ^a,b,d   Etzel, Arnaldo ^b   Soares, Maria Cecilia B ^c   Da Costa, Sergio Olavo Pinto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SANTOS   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Referência em Aids Santos   (Brazil)

^c UNILUS   (Brazil)

^d UNISANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aids; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 24144496012     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652005000400006     Document Type: Article

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