Indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis, Taiwan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-129

  Lai, Chung Hsu ^a   Huang, Chun Kai ^b   Chin, Chuen ^a   Yang, Ya Ting ^a   Lin, Hsiu Fang ^a   Lin, Hsi Hsun ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846076201     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060857     Document Type: Article

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