Coccidioides fungemia in six patients, with a review of the literature

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-115

  Keckich, David W ^a   Blair, Janis E ^a   Vikram, Holenarasipur R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides; Coccidioidomycosis; Endocarditis; Fungemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

COCCIDIOIDES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77954244892     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9299-0     Document Type: Article

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