Coccidioides immitis: Two cases of misidentified mycosis;Coccidioides immitis : Deux cas de mycose mal identifiés

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 345-346

  Lee, Christine H ^a   Wilcox, Lindsay ^a   Chorneyko, Katherine ^a   McIvor, Andrew ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coccidioides immitis; Pulmonary mycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 71449117010     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/540562     Document Type: Article

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