Histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent man manifested 45 years after infection;Histoplasmosis en un varón inmunocompetente manifestada 45 años después de la infección

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 244-246

  Torres Rodríguez, Josep M ^a   Segura Roca, Gemma ^a   Coll, Joaquín ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Del Mar University   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis; Equatorial Guinea; Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum; Immunocompetence; Latent histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; SPAIN;

HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM VAR. CAPSULATUM;

EID: 70649107856     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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