Short report: Serum Aspergillus galactomannan for the management of disseminated histoplasmosis in AIDS

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-305

  Rivière, Sébastien ^a,b   Denis, Blandine ^a   Bougnoux, Marie Elisabeth ^a   Lanternier, Fanny ^a   Lecuit, Marc ^a   Lortholary, Olivier ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EMTRICITABINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GALACTOMANNAN; ITRACONAZOLE; RALTEGRAVIR; TENOFOVIR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; MANNAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MOUTH ULCER; ORAL BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS STRAIN; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BLOOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HIV; HUMANS; MANNANS;

EID: 84864870962     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0119     Document Type: Article

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