Spherules, hyphae, and air-crescent sign

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 504-506

  Tonelli, Adriano R ^a,b   Khalife, Walid T ^a,b   Ming, C A O ^a,b   Young, Vincent B ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Claire Dart Stroke Center Sparrow Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Air crescent sign; Coccidioidomycosis; Eosinophilic pleural effusion; Fibrocavitary pneumonia; Spherules and hyphae

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; WEAKNESS; COCCIDIOIDES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPHAE; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 47749102498     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181585439     Document Type: Article

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