Bilateral adrenal histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent man

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-233

  Benevides, Carlos Frederico Lopes ^a   Durães, Ronilson Oliveira ^a   Aquino, Bianca ^a   Schiavon, Leonardo De Lucca ^a   Narciso Schiavon, Janaína Luz ^a,b   Buzzoleti, Fernando Da Costa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL HELIÓPOLIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Adrenal tumor; Disseminated histoplasmosis; Histoplasma capsulatum

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; DOXAZOSIN; HYDROCORTISONE; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CAMPING; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEVER; FISHING; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS;

EID: 34250358217     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822007000200017     Document Type: Article

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