Meningitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a returned traveler with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 860-863

  Hung, Min Nan ^a   Sun, Hsin Yun ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Hung, Chien Ching ^a,b   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Histoplasmosis; Meningitis; Travel; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FERRITIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; MYANMAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PANCYTOPENIA; SPLENOMEGALY; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 33645291817     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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