Carpal tunnel syndrome with paracoccidioidomycosis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1390-1392

  von Glehn, Felipe ^a   Damasceno, Alfredo ^a   Miotto, Noelle ^a   Naseri, Estephania P ^a   Costallat, Lilian T L ^a   França Jr , Marcondes C ^a   Nucci, Anamarli ^a   Ramos, Marcelo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; BRONCHIECTASIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS;

EID: 84864434149     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1808.120153     Document Type: Letter

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