Approach to the Diagnosis of the Endemic Mycoses

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 379-389

  Wheat, L Joseph ^a  

^a MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Blastomycosis; Coccidioidomycosis; Diagnosis; Histoplasmosis; Mycosis; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BLASTOMYCOSIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BLASTOMYCOSIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MYCOSES;

EID: 64249142613     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2009.02.011     Document Type: Review

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