Clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with pulmonary blastomycosis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 115-124

  Kralt, Doug ^a   Light, Bruce ^b   Cheang, Mary ^b   MacNair, Tracy ^b   Wiebe, Lyle ^c   Limerick, Bill ^c   Sarsfield, Pete ^c   Hammond, Greg ^b   MacDonald, Kerry ^d   Trepman, Elly ^b,e   Embil, John M ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Northwestern Health Unit   (Canada)

^d Lake of the Woods District Hospital   (Canada)

^e Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital   (United States)

^f HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastomyces dermatitidis; Extrapulmonary; Fungus; Infection; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 60549116868     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9163-7     Document Type: Article

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