Histoplasma capsulatum fungemia in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Detection by lysis-centrifugation blood-culturing technique

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 135-138

  Oliveira, Flávio De Mattos ^a   Fernandes, Sérgio Sônego ^a   Severo, Cecília Bittencourt ^d   Guazzelli, Luciana Silva ^a   Severo, Luiz Carlos ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b CNPQ   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL SANTA RITA   (Brazil)

^d Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar ^*

Author keywords

Fungemia; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; Lysis centrifugation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGEMIA; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FLUID; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MYCOLOGY; PROGRESSIVE DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34447284721     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652007000300001     Document Type: Article

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