Pleural effusion in hospitalized patients with Coccidioidomycosis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-540

  Merchant, Maryum ^a   Romero, Arthur Oliver ^a   Libke, Robert D ^a   Joseph, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Empyema; Eosinophilia; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EOSINOPHILIA; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40049104067     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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