Abdominal and pelvic coccidioidomycosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 341, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 308-311

  Smith, Geoffrey ^a,b   Hoover, Susan ^a   Sobonya, Richard ^a   Klotz, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Coccidioides; Coccidioidomycosis; Hepatitis; Pelvic tumors

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953220704     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182058736     Document Type: Article

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