Clinical comparison of two Mexican coccidioidins

Mycopathologia

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 427-430

  Castañón Olivares, Laura Rosío ^a   Laniado Laborín, Rafael ^b   Concepcion, Toriello ^a   Muñoz Hernández, Bertha ^c   Aroch Calderón, Arturo ^a   Aranda Uribe, Iván Sammir ^a   Flores Sánchez, María Antonieta ^a   del Rocío González Martínez, María ^a   Hernández Navarez, Alfonso ^a   Manjarrez Zavala, María Eugenia ^a   Miranda Mauricio, Sandra ^a   Palma, Gabriel ^a   Pérez Mejía, Amelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coccidioides spp; Coccidioidin; Humans; Reactivity; Safety

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOIDES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77952670884     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9280-y     Document Type: Article

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