Disseminated histoplasmosis in a heart transplant recipient: An uncommon diagnosis even in the midwest

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-53

  Psarros, Georgios ^a   Kaul, Daniel L ^a   Kauffman, Carol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CREATININE; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOSIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 38149064609     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e318064c754     Document Type: Article

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