Disseminated histoplasmosis with lesions restricted to the larynx in a patient with AIDS. Report of a case and review of the literature

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-166

  Solari, Rubén ^a   Corti, Marcelo ^a   Cangelosi, Diana ^a   Escudero, Manuel ^a   Negroni, Ricardo ^a   Saccheri, Christian ^a   Schtirbu, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AIDS; Histoplasma capsulatum; HIV; Laringeal histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGEAL BIOPSY; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; REMISSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 34347385200     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(07)70036-0     Document Type: Article

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