Imported acute histoplasmosis with rheumatologic manifestations in Spanish travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 338-342

  Alonso, David ^a   Muñoz, Jose ^a   Letang, Emilio ^a   Salvadó, Elisa ^a   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^b   Buitrago, Maria José ^b   Torres, Josep Maria ^c   Gascón, Joaquim ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEVER; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALAISE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

EID: 34648836895     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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