Unusual forms of immature sporulating Coccidioides immitis diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-100

  Ke, Yone ^a,b   Smith, Corey W ^a   Salaru, Gratian ^a   Joho, Kim L ^a   Deen, Malik F ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEISURE; LUNG CAVITATION; NIGHT SWEAT; SPOROGENESIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPORES, FUNGAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30444457411     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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