Histoplasmosis in Australia: Report of 16 cases and literature review

Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  McLeod, Donald S A ^a,b   Mortimer, Robin H ^b   Perry Keene, Donald A ^b   Allworth, Anthony ^b   Woods, Marion L ^b   Perry Keene, Joanna ^c   McBride, William J H ^d   Coulter, Christopher ^e   Robson, Jennifer M B ^f  

^a MATER ADULT HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Pathology Queensland ^*  (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; SULFADIAZINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DEATH; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN; OROPHARYNX; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGNOSIS; QUEENSLAND; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78651240847     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0b013e318206e499     Document Type: Article

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