Coccidioidomycosis in a 38-year-old man: A case report

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 387-390

  Batura Gabryel, Halina ^a   Brajer, Beata ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary; Coccidioides immitis; Coccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DEATH; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; POLAND; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46949095597     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.426     Document Type: Article

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