Blastomycosis in a young African man presenting with a pleural effusion

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 441-444

  Alvarez, G G ^a,b   Burns, B F ^a   Desjardins, M ^a   Salahudeen, S R ^a   AlRashidi, F ^a   Cameron, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastomyces dermatitidis; Pleural effusions; Skin ulcers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33846404898     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/474968     Document Type: Article

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