Comparison of fungal culture versus surgical pathology examination in the detection of Histoplasma in surgically excised pulmonary granulomas

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 780-783

  Weydert, Jamie A ^a   Van Natta, Timothy L ^a,b   DeYoung, Barry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPLASMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248184570     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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