Histoplasmosis and paracoccidioidomycosis in a non-endemic area: A review of cases and diagnosis

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-33

  Buitrago, Maria J ^a   Bernal Martínez, Leticia ^a   Castelli, Maria V ^a   Rodríguez Tudela, Juan L ^a   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CENTRAL AMERICA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650926693     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00477.x     Document Type: Review

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