Blastomycosis in the mountainous region of northeast tennessee

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Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1019-1023

  Hussein, Rezhan ^a   Khan, Saad ^a   Levy, Foster ^b   Mehta, Jay B ^a   Sarubbi, Felix A ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastomycosis; Endemic; Incidence rates; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ENDEMIC DISEASE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE;

EID: 64749092070     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1947     Document Type: Article

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