Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis: Import illness and the importance of travel history

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 353-355

  Indhirajanti, S ^a   Maartense, E ^a   Posthuma, E F M ^a   Pannekoek, B J M ^a   Vreede, R W ^a  

^a Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Import illness; Itraconazole; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHINITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CALIFORNIA; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DESERT CLIMATE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 70549095830     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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