Chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis diagnosed in a nonimmunosuppressed patient 10 years after returning from an endemic area

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 567-570

  García Marrón, Manuel ^a   García García, José María ^a   Pajín Collada, Mercedes ^a   Álvarez Navascués, Fernando ^a   Martínez Muñiz, Manuel A ^a   Sánchez Antuña, Andrés A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PULMONARY HISTOPLASMOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINFECTION; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; VENEZUELA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENEZUELA;

EID: 55049125513     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13126837     Document Type: Article

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