Indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis from the Penicillium marneffei endemic area of China

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-50

  Cao, Cunwei ^a   Bulmer, Glenn ^b   Li, Jushang ^a   Liang, Ling ^a   Lin, Youkun ^a   Xu, Yongjia ^a   Luo, Qinghua ^a  

^a FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Histoplasmosis; Penicillium marneffei

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; ITRACONAZOLE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHINA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 77953480344     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9295-4     Document Type: Article

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