The diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis

F1000 Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ampel, Neil M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 77955082092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17575931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/M2-2     Document Type: Review

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