Penicillium marneffei, on emerging AIDS-related pathogen - A RIMS study

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 208-210

  Devi, S Bhagyabati ^a   Devi, Th Shanti ^a   Ningshen, Robinson ^a   Devi, Kh Ranjana ^a,b   Singh, Th Bhimo ^a   Singh, Ng Brajachand ^a,b  

^a REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Bamboo rats; Dimorphic fungus; North east India; Penicilliosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PENICILLIOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; SKIN DEFECT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; PENICILLIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957663986     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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