Imported histoplasmosis in Navarra: Presentation of four cases;Descripción de cuatro casos de histoplasmosis importada en Navarra

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 194-197

  Navascués, Ana ^a   Rodríguez, Irene ^a   Repáraz, Jesús ^a   Salvo, Soledad ^b   Gil Setas, Alberto ^a   Martínez Peñuela, José María ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Histoplasmosis; Immunosuppression; Imported illness

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 80053261216     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: 21739188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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