Disseminated histoplasmosis and AIDS. The role of culture medium for the bronchoscopic clinical specimens;Histoplasmose disseminada e SIDA. Importância do meio de cultivo para o espécime clínico-broncoscópico

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-237

  Unis, Gisela ^a   Da Silva, Vanusa Barroso ^a   Severo, Luiz Carlos ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Lab Micol Complexo Hosp S Casa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; Isolation in culture

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 2942716680     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000300008     Document Type: Article

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