Coccidioidomycosis in elderly persons

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1513-1518

  Blair, Janis E ^a   Mayer, Anita P ^a   Currier, Jeremiah ^b   Files, Julia A ^a   Wu, Qing ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149106336     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593192     Document Type: Article

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