Penicillium marneffei: An AIDS-related illness from Southeast Asia

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Nelson, Kenrad E ^a,d   Kaufman, L ^b   Cooper, C R ^c   Merz, William G ^a,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d Dept of Epidemiology and Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Immunodeficiency; Infection, fungal; Penicillium marnefrei

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 2442748191     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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