Disseminated histoplasmosis;Histoplasmosis diseminada

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-252

  De Jose Gomez Ma I ^a   Orio Hernandez M ^a   Bilbao Garagoitia, A ^a   Garcia Rodriguez J ^a   Baquero Artigao, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disseminated histoplasmosis; Hemophilia; HIV infection; Immunodeficiency

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PANCYTOPENIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X RAY;

EID: 27244456515     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13078489     Document Type: Article

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