Coccidioides thyroiditis in an HIV-infected patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2535-2537

  Jinno, Sadao ^a   Chang, Shelley ^b   Jacobs, Michael R ^c  

^a AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYROID ABSCESS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 84862749090     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00605-12     Document Type: Article

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