Disseminated histoplasmosis manifesting as a soft-tissue chest wall mass in a heart transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 351-353

  Koo, H L ^a   Hamill, R J ^a   Gentry, L O ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disseminated; Histoplasma capsulatum; Mass; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART GRAFT; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THORAX WALL TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BIOPSY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TACROLIMUS; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 52449132874     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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