The Spectrum and Presentation of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 770-777

  Adam, Rodney D ^a   Elliott, Sean P ^a   Taljanovic, Mihra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Cytology; Diagnosis; Ethnicity; Immunocompromised; Peritonitis; Prognosis; Skeletal; Vertebral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651149634     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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