Pulmonary histoplasmosis: Unusual histopathologic findings

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 373-378

  Garrido, Liseloth ^a   Mata Essayag, Sofía ^b   Hartung de Capriles, Claudia ^b   Eugenia Landaeta, María ^c   Pacheco, Italo ^d   Fuentes, Zhenia ^a  

^a Complejo Hospitalario José Ignacio Baldó ^*  (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CARACAS   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Alveolar proteinosis; Bronchocentric granulomatosis; Pulmonary histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE;

EID: 33645912936     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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