Histoplasmosis in a Brazilian center: Clinical forms and laboratory tests

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 141-146

  Quinet Leimann, Beatriz Consuelo ^a   Vera Pizzini, Cláudia ^a   Medeiros Muniz, Mauro ^a   Carvalho Albuquerque, Priscila ^a   Fialho Monteiro, Paulo Cezar ^a   Santos Reis, Rosani ^a   Almeida Paes, Rodrigo ^a   Santos Lazéra, Márcia ^a   Wanke, Bodo ^a   Andrade Pérez, Maurício ^a   Zancopé Oliveira, Rosely Maria ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Diagnosis; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 28444490650     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(05)70027-9     Document Type: Article

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