Coccidioidomycosis in African Americans

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-69

  Ruddy, Barbara E ^a   Mayer, Anita P ^a   Ko, Marcia G ^b   Labonte, Helene R ^a   Borovansky, Jill A ^a   Boroff, Erika S ^a   Blair, Janis E ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Division of Women's Health Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MYCOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 78650965797     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0423     Document Type: Review

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