A young male with chest pain, cough and fever

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 506-509

  Kapotsis, G E ^a   Daniil, Z ^a   Malagari, K ^a   Vamvouka, C ^b   Kalomenidis, I ^a   Roussos, Ch ^a   Papiris, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEVER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; FEVER; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE;

EID: 4544283949     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00008204     Document Type: Article

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