Isolated lymphadenitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy and immunohistochemistry

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-51

  Tuon, Felipe F ^a   Gomes, Vivian ^a   Pagliari, Carla ^a   Ctenas, Bruno B ^a   De Moscoso, Patrícia Carrasco Flores ^a   Gerhard, René ^a   Kanashiro, Luciane ^a   Brasil, Roosecelis A ^a   Duarte, Maria Irma Seixas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenopathy; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; Lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 42049087181     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(08)70012-3     Document Type: Article

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