Chronic disseminated histoplasmosis with lesions restricted to the mouth: Case report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-116

  Do Valle, Antonio Carlos F ^a   Moreira, Luiz Carlos ^a   Almeida Paes, Rodrigo ^a   Moreira, João S ^a   Pizzini, Cláudia V ^a   Muniz, Mauro De Medeiros ^a   Zancopé Oliveira, Rosely M ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fungal disease; Histoplasmosis; Oral lesions

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH LESION; REMISSION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 33646703330     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652006000200012     Document Type: Article

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