A case of imported paracoccidioidomycosis: An awkward infection in the Netherlands

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-18

  Van Damme, Ph A ^a   Bierenbroodspot, F ^a   Telgt, D S C ^a,c   Kwakman, J M ^a   De Wilde, P C M ^a   Meis, J F G M ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europe; Imported (sub) tropical disease; Itraconazole; Oral ulceration; P. brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MOUTH LESION; MOUTH ULCER; NETHERLANDS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; ECUADOR; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ORAL ULCER; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PERU; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAVEL;

PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 31344451882     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500148137     Document Type: Article

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