Histoplasmosis among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 504-507

  Lofgren, Sarah M ^a   Kirsch, Emily J ^b   Maro, Venance P ^c,d   Morrissey, Anne B ^a   Msuya, Levina J ^c,d   Kinabo, Grace D ^c,d   Saganda, Wilbrod ^e   Diefenthal, Helmut C ^c,d   Ramadhani, Habib O ^c   Wheat, L Joseph ^b   Crump, John A ^a,c,d,f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^e Mawenzi Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Histoplasmosis; HIV; Tanzania; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863568128     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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